Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 11:30am on 13 Aug 2025,Wednesday India
Animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi has strongly opposed the Supreme Court’s order to remove stray dogs from Delhi-NCR. Calling the plan “impractical, costly, and ecologically dangerous,” she said, “If you remove dogs, you will have rats. This happened in Paris in the 1880s.” Gandhi estimated the relocation would cost Rs 15,000 crore for shelters and Rs 5 crore weekly for food. She warned it could also increase the monkey population. Questioning the order’s legality, she cited an earlier “balanced judgment” on strays. Delhi’s government called stray dogs a “gigantic problem” and pledged to follow the directive with a phased approach. (PC: X)
