stray dog menace

After being referred to KMCRI Hubballi, the child succumbed to rabies, while a two year old boy was injured in Belagavi, amid Supreme Court remarks on compensation and the next hearing scheduled for 20 January.

The child was attacked while accompanying her mother and grandmother to fields near a cremation ground, as villagers allege months of stray dog terror despite complaints, prompting police to send the body for post mortem.

The bench flagged hygiene risks, questioned behaviour based assessments, dismissed colour coded collar proposals, and clarified that its directions focus on implementing Animal Birth Control rules rather than ordering blanket removal of stray dogs.

The Supreme Court continued its hearing on the stray dog menace issue on Wednesday, with the bench asking senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who was...

On 18th December, the Bombay High Court quashed an FIR and criminal proceedings against a Pune housing society resident, identified as Ayyappa Swami, who...

Hearing a suo motu case, the bench of Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla and Justice BK Dwivedi said sterilisation figures appear largely on papers, flagged threats to children and pedestrians, and warned a probe if authorities fail to act.

The statewide action plan follows Supreme Court observations on rising dog bite incidents, directs removal of strays from high risk zones, strengthens animal birth control infrastructure, ensures anti rabies vaccine availability, and introduces mandatory monitoring and reporting mechanisms.

In a significant step in tackling the menace of stray dog attacks, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued strict directives to all higher...