Buddhist monks pose with Aloka, also known as ‘Aloka the Peace Dog’, after meeting Maneka Gandhi in Jor Bagh, New Delhi, India, on Monday, 8 June 2026. Aloka, a stray dog who gained international attention after taking part in a ‘Walk for Peace’ across the United States with Buddhist monks, is currently visiting India and is scheduled to travel next to Gaya and Varanasi.
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@UberIN_Support Except for a standard AI generated message nothing has happened. My parcel is still with your delivery rider. I hope you realise this amounts to theft.
Justice Sandeep J. Mehta's controversial order is being used to normalise hatred towards community dogs instead of forcing accountability from authorities who failed to implement ABC Rules for years. @barandbench@LiveLawIndia#SaveIndianDogs#InJusticeSandeepJMehta
I have formally written to the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India regarding Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann public mischaracterisation of the Supreme Court’s order on stray dogs.
The SC order permits action only in specific legally defined cases involving rabid, incurably ill, or demonstrably dangerous dogs after veterinary assessment and under law.
It does NOT authorize a blanket mass elimination campaign.
Misreading a Supreme Court judgment to announce an “eliminate stray dogs” campaign is not governance. And if the law is still unclear, ask someone competent to explain it.
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann has announced a drive to “eliminate/kill dangerous/harmful street dogs,” which is exactly where wording and implementation matter.
The legal basis is clear: the Supreme Court allowed euthanasia only for dogs that are rabid, incurably ill, or demonstrably dangerous/aggressive, and only after qualified veterinary assessment under the PCA Act and ABC Rules. It also directed states to expand ABC centres, sterilisation and vaccination capacity.
The judgment does not permit a blanket killing drive against stray dogs.
The Supreme Court did not give any state a licence for mass cruelty.
The scientific route is clear: sterilisation, vaccination, ABC centres, shelters, waste management, designated feeding zones and accountable civic systems.
Not panic.
Not bloodlust.
Not headline governance.
If a Chief Minister cannot understand the difference between a calibrated court order and a killing drive, he should at least have the decency to read the judgment before weaponising it.
Stray dogs are not criminals. Failed municipal systems are.
Implement the law. Control rabies. Protect citizens. Sterilise and vaccinate. Isolate genuinely dangerous and rabid dogs through due process.
But do not convert a Supreme Court order into a political slogan for cruelty.
India can protect humans without abandoning humanity.
@BhagwantMann
Chief Minister of Punjab Bhagwant Mann has very gleefully ordered mass killing of street dogs in Punjab, misquoting Hon’ble Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court’s order nowhere allows this mass elimination of dogs.
It appears Punjab CM tweeted this when he was not in his senses, which is not unusual for him.
His statements are illegal, inhumane and shameful. In a state where drug mafia, gangsters and criminals are operating freely, killing animals appears to be now the top priority of Punjab government.
@NCMIndiaa So you are posting a fake press release on Delhi Police letter head @DelhiPolice@DCPSouthDelhi this fraud organisation needs to be investigated
But perhaps I’m being hard on myself. There was a battery of high quality lawyers - including some among the best- who had already addressed the court on all issues arising in the case.
Then again while the proceedings should have been non-adversarial, it became needlessly rancorous. Particularly unfortunate was the assertion of those representing the government, in a reference to those championing the cause of stray dogs that non-vegetarians were posing as animal lovers!
Firstly on a parity of reasoning should those who smoke cigarettes or chew tobacco desist from holding briefs on any lis pertaining to public health?
Secondly a govt committed to Hindutva principles cannot be unaware that the Pandavas ate meat and during their 12-year Vanvas hunted and ate deer. Yet as the final book of the Mahabharat records Yudhishthira, the only Pandava to reach heaven alive, was accompanied on his long journey to heaven by a stray dog.
It is said that while Bhagwan Indra welcomed him to heaven, refused to let the stray enter. The eldest Pandava thereupon decided to abjure heaven without his loyal stray upon which Indra praised him for his loyalty and righteousness and welcomed both to heaven.
The stray dog himself transformed to the Lord of Dharma and also praised Yudhishthir.
In short, stray dogs signify Dharma and cruelty to them is Adharma.
Yesterday - being Bhairav Ashtami - I visited the Bhairav Temple adjacent to the Purana Qila and just across the Supreme Court.
Lord Bhairav, the fierce protector form of Lord Shiva is deeply connected to dogs : his dog Shivan always depicted in iconography is his 'Vahan' or mount and represents loyalty and protection.
I prayed, first, on this auspicious day for forgiveness for failing to argue a brief in the stray dog case as I had a prior commitment on the last day fixed for such hearings.
But mainly I prayed to the deity that notwithstanding the public menace posed by the recent increase in stray dog attacks, Lord Bhairav may bestow upon the Bench the wisdom to arrive at a solution that curbs the menace while also reflecting empathy and compassion for those who cannot speak.
VIDEO | Delhi: Animal rights activists gather outside BJP leader Vijay Goel’s residence in the Bengali Market area to protest against the increase in crimes against stray dogs.
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Delhi: On the Telangana dog issue, Ambika Shukla, animal rights activist and sister of Maneka Gandhi says, "...This is the same country where Mahatma Gandhi taught us the principle of non‑violence for all living beings. Gandhi once stopped people from sacrificing goats and offered himself instead, saying, Cut my head, not theirs..."
The killing of hundreds of stray animals in my state is deeply disturbing and completely unacceptable.
Those responsible must be held accountable under the law, and exemplary punishment should be pursued. Reports indicate that some individuals have already been arrested, and an FIR has been registered against a Sarpanch in the RR district.
A humane and compassionate approach to stray dog management is the only sustainable solution. Caging strays is not the answer—what we need is a balanced, science-based strategy focused on vaccination, sterilisation, and responsible management.
I urge the Chief Minister, Shri @revanth_anumula, to ensure such an approach is adopted while addressing these tragic deaths.
This is pathetic! Indian Immunologicals Ltd knew about the counterfeit Abhayrab in Jan 2025. The authorities knew it, but we came to know about in Dec 2025 because of the Australian advisory. On top of it, the Indian Immunologicals Ltd says the Australian advisory is overcautionary and misplaced! No! It's not! Wasn't it the duty of the authorities and the Indian Immunologicals Ltd to inform people? Many veterinarians, those who work with animals, and those who were bitten by dogs/cats would have taken the counterfiet version! They should have been made aware by issuing an advisory and raising awareness about the same, so as to give them a chance to take the effective and genuine vaccine. India's poor are the most vulnerable, especially the children in the slums and rural areas. Every time there is a Rabies death, there is a knee jerk reaction from the authorities. Had Animal Birth Control measures been implemented properly over the years, we wouldn't have been in this state. Some foreigners who visited India contracted Rabies, and CDC has issued an advisory that their citizens should be cautious in their interactions with dogs and cats from our country!
This menace has to be controlled, by implementing the ABC properly on a war footage!
#abhayrab #indianimmunologicalslimited #australianadvisory #counterfeitvaccine #Rabies
Mass killing of healthy dogs is the new mantra in #IndiaShines.
@indSupremeCourt this is what your recent order has led to- unimaginable cruelty and senseless killing.@BJP4India you will never be forgiven.@rashtrapatibhvn why are you silent?@narendramodi
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