: Supreme Court stays Delhi HC order allowing citizens to feed stray dogs #IndiaNEWS The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a Delhi High Court order that held that citizens have the right to feed street

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Supreme Court stays Delhi HC order allowing citizens to feed stray dogs #IndiaNEWS
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a Delhi High Court order that held that citizens have the right to feed street dogs, reported Live Law. In July, Justice JR Midha of the Delhi High Court had held that stray dogs have the right to food and citizens can feed them. The judge, however, had also said that when exercising the right to feed the dogs, “care and caution should be taken to ensure that it does not impinge upon the rights of others� or cause any problems to them.The High Court had directed that dogs should be fed at areas designated by the Animal Welfare Board of India in consultation with Resident Welfare Associations or the municipal corporation.On Friday, a bench of Justices Vineet Saran and Aniruddha Bose issued notices to the Animal Welfare Board of India, the Delhi government and other respondents on the petition filed against the High Court order by non governmental organisation Humane Foundation for People and Animals.In its petition, the NGO said that that the High Court’s directions could lead to an increase in a stray dog menace. It argued that that the High Court failed to see the differences in the behaviour of stray dogs and dogs reared by humans.“Given that stray dogs are not...Read more

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