W ith about 9 lakh street dogs, Kerala is going to find it nearly impossible to comply with the Supreme Court’s latest order directing States to relocate these animals from public spaces to dog pounds.

Last week, the Court directed local bodies across the country to remove “every stray dog found within the premises of an educational institution, hospital, sports complex, bus stand/depot, or railway station and to shift such animal/s to a designated shelter, after due sterilisation and vaccination, in accordance with the Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules, 2023”. The Court also said that the “stray dogs so picked up shall not be released back to the same location from which they were picked up.” This is a clear departure from the Animal Birth Control Rules, 2023 that lay down a ‘capture-ste

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