India’s top court modifies earlier order to move stray dogs to shelters

Activists have filed an appeal against India’s Supreme Court earlier order to remove stray dogs from the country’s capital Delhi. (AFP)
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Updated 22 August 2025
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India’s top court modifies earlier order to move stray dogs to shelters

  • Animal lovers had filed an appeal against the Supreme Court’s earlier order
  • The court’s decision to relocate them had drawn criticism over its implementation

NEW DELHI: India’s top court modified its earlier ruling in a case involving stray dogs on Friday, ordering authorities in capital Delhi and its suburbs to release picked-up dogs in the same area after sterilization and immunization.
Animal lovers had filed an appeal against the Supreme Court’s earlier order to authorities to relocate all stray dogs to shelters after media reports of a rise in cases of rabies, especially among children.
The decision to relocate them had drawn criticism over its implementation, citing lack of infrastructure and medical treatment. Many animal lovers took to the streets to protest against the order.


Four migrants dead, 10 missing off Libyan coast: UN

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Four migrants dead, 10 missing off Libyan coast: UN

  • “31 were on board. 17 survived. Others are still missing,” UNHCR said on Facebook, without giving further details about their nationalities

TRIPOLI: Four migrants have died at sea and 10 are missing after an incident involving a boat off the coast of Tobruk, in eastern Libya, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) announced Sunday.
“31 were on board. 17 survived. Others are still missing,” UNHCR said on Facebook, without giving further details about their nationalities.
“People risk the sea when war leaves them no safe way out... Expand safe and legal pathways,” it added.