Supreme Court orders release of stray dogs after vaccination in Delhi

The Supreme Court on Friday modified its earlier order of August 11 which had directed rounding up of all stray dogs in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) and prohibited their release from dog shelters.

A three-judge Bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and NV Anjaria said that the dogs shall be released from dog shelters after being dewormed and vaccinated. To that extent, the August 11 order was changed.

"Prohibition on release of strays shall be stayed. They shall be dewormed, vaccinated etc and sent back to



the same area," the Court today directed.

However, dogs with aggressive behavior or with rabies shall not be released into public spaces from dog shelters, the three-judge Bench clarified.

Further, the Court maintained that public feeding of dogs shall not be permitted and dedicated feeding spaces will have to be created.

"No public feeding of dogs allowed. Dedicated feeding spaces of stray dogs to be created. There have been instances due to such feeding instances," the Court said in its order today.