The Bench took note of recent dog bite incidents involving foreign tourists in Kerala and warned states that failure to act in sensitive public spaces like beaches could have wider economic consequences for tourism dependent regions.
RTI data exposes a worrying escalation in Kurukshetra child dog bite cases, with 858 incidents in seven months of 2025 alone, and reveals the district accounts for a striking share of Haryana’s total dog bite cases.
Ten deer were found dead at Kerala’s new Puthur Zoological Park after a suspected stray dog attack. Wildlife experts have demanded a safety audit and investigation into the park’s security lapses before further animal relocations.
A rabid dog’s half-hour rampage in Fatehpur’s Laluganj market left 25 injured, including a child. Locals later chased it into a nearby garden as authorities began efforts to capture stray dogs.
Six people were injured in separate stray dog attacks in Nagar, Rajasthan. The victims, including a woman and a girl, were taken to hospital as municipal authorities launched efforts to capture the possibly rabid dogs.
After a woman was injured in a stray dog attack near a garbage heap in Ludhiana’s Jagraon, locals held a protest demanding the removal of unattended dumps that have become a danger to public safety.
A rabid dog terrorised Shivpuri’s Satnawada village for four hours, injuring 35 residents. Locals accused the Gram Panchayat of negligence for failing to capture or control the animal during the prolonged attack.
The apex court summoned Chief Secretaries of defaulting States to appear on 3rd November after noting no compliance or representation, and questioned, “What about cruelty towards humans?” when counsel raised concern over cruelty to dogs.