(22 Aug 2025)
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New Delhi – 22 August 2025
1. Various of rescued dog inside a rescue home called “Healing Home”
2. Mid of a rescued dog
3. Wide of Gunjan Uppal with her rescued dogs
4. Mid of dogs
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Gunjan Uppal, Healing home:
“Well, it brings in a lot of clarity in certain pockets. For example, I’m quite happy to know that, you know, it’s balanced in the sense that the dogs they (authorities) had taken, they have released."
6. Wide of Ambika Shukla petting her dogs
7. Close of Shukla petting her dog
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Ambika Shukla, People For Animals:
"Well, the earlier order was a very harsh, thoughtless order. It was not based on science and reason. So we’re very, very grateful that the Supreme Court has reversed that order and has understood that relocation cannot be a solution. Dogs cannot be put into jail. Shelters are not a solution, shelters are not just expensive, impractical, very difficult to manage. And they often become the sites of cruelty and disease."
9. Mid of a dog
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Ambika Shukla, Trustee, People For Animals:
"The animal welfare community is the most interested in the successful implementation of the ABC (Animal Birth Control) programme. We are already doing it in our own small way, wherever we can, privately. But what we need is to become equal stakeholders. If the civic authority is to be involved, make the civic authorities part, you know, make them include animal welfare bodies as stakeholders with equal responsibility and equal authority in the decision making and in the implementation of the manner in which the ABC programme is carried out. You will find accountability."
11. Mid of street dogs
12. Various of a street dog sitting on a vehicle
STORYLINE:
India’s Supreme Court ordered the release of all stray dogs that were removed from New Delhi streets after sterilization and immunization following an increase in the number of people who were bitten by dogs.
The court’s ruling Friday modified its earlier judgment by ordering the dogs to be released to the same localities they were removed from. The order also calls for designated feeding spaces across the capital.
Gunjan Uppal who runs a rescue centre for dogs, called “Healing Home” welcomed the judgement.
Animal lovers and activists filed an appeal against the Aug. 11 ruling ordering permanent relocation to shelters.
“We’re very, very grateful that the Supreme Court has reversed that order and has understood that relocation cannot be a solution. Dogs cannot be put into jail. Shelters are not a solution, shelters are not just expensive, impractical, very difficult to manage. And they often become the sites of cruelty and disease,” said Ambika Shukla from People For Animals, a non-governmental organisation.
While many dogs roaming New Delhi’s streets are harmless, the court’s order aimed to control rising cases of biting, including incidents involving children. Some estimates based on hospital records suggest New Delhi sees nearly 2,000 dog bite episodes every day.
Rabies through dog bites is caused by a virus that invades the central nervous system and is almost always fatal if left untreated.
There were 49 cases of rabies in New Delhi from January 2025 to July 2025 but it was unclear whether all of those were the result of dog bites.
Estimates put the number of stray dogs in New Delhi between 500,000 and 1 million.
AP video shot by: Shonal Ganguly
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