Stray dog issue: 71% people supported the Supreme Court's order, 24% opposed it... survey reveals

71% people in Delhi-NCR supported the Supreme Court's order to remove stray dogs. Only 24% opposed it. The Supreme Court has reserved its decision on the petition seeking an interim stay on this order. The court has expressed concern over the inaction of local authorities. This order has come into view of the increase in incidents of dog bites.

A survey by LocalCircles revealed that 71 per cent of the total respondents “fully supported” the Supreme Court’s latest order to remove all stray dogs from Delhi-NCR and send them to shelter homes within 8 weeks. Only 24 per cent of respondents said they “did not support” the order and 5 per cent of respondents did not give a clear answer.

 

The survey said the results clearly show that majority of the residents of Delhi-NCR are “in favour of implementation of the two-judge bench order by their municipalities.”

 

 

The LocalCircle survey received 12,816 responses from residents of Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, Faridabad and Ghaziabad. 62 percent men and 38 percent of women participated in the survey. Supreme Court reserves decision on stray dog issue in Delhi-NCR.

The Supreme Court gave this instruction.

On Thursday, August 14, the Supreme Court reserved its decision on a petition seeking an interim stay on the order of August 11. After that, a bench of two judges directed to send the stray dogs of Delhi-NCR be sent to shelter homes.

A three-judge bench headed by Justice Vikram Nath said, "The entire problem is due to the inaction of the local authorities." The bench, which also comprised Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice NV Anjaria, said that whoever has approached the Supreme Court and filed the intervention petition will have to take their responsibility.

Opposition to Supreme Court order

The hearing on Thursday came after widespread protests against the Supreme Court order directing the complete removal of stray dogs from all areas of Delhi-NCR.

On August 11, the Supreme Court took suo motu cognizance of the cases of rabies in children due to stray dog bites in Delhi and NCR and started hearing from July 28.

On August 11, a two-judge bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan found that dog bite incidents had given rise to an “extremely serious” situation and ordered the permanent relocation of all stray dogs in Delhi-NCR “at the earliest”.