Humane World for Animals India has warned city administrations against removing street and community dogs from residential areas, calling the practice illegal under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and Animal Birth Control Rules. It urged humane sterilization instead of forcible removal.

Hyderabad: Humane World for Animals India, animal protection organization, said the relocation or removal of street and community dogs from residential areas remains illegal as per the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960 and Animal Birth Control Rules 2023.

The organization has called on city administrations to stop unlawful dog removals happening under the guise of ‘court orders.’ “No order from the Supreme Court has permitted the removal of dogs from residential or community areas,” the

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