In August 2025, India’s Supreme Court took suo motu cognisance of the headline “City Hounded by Strays, Kids Pay Price.” In just two hearings, a two-judge bench ordered Delhi-NCR authorities to round up all stray dogs, keep them in shelters, and not release them back — a sweeping decree that made the judiciary look less … Read more
On 01 September 2025, we filed a Right to Information (RTI) application with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). This RTI was filed because Delhi’s stray dog program is at the centre of chaos. After the Supreme Court’s August 2025 orders — first directing mass impoundment of dogs, and later modifying its stance — questions … Read more
Dogs are not intruders in our cities. They are not outsiders who suddenly appeared on the streets. They are a species that humans shaped, nurtured, and then—too often—discarded. To understand the “stray dog issue” in Delhi and across India, we need to trace the journey of dogs themselves: a journey that begins with firelight and … Read more