The animal rights body has said the rise in the number of stray dogs on Delhi's streets reflects the failure to implement an effective sterilisation programme. "Instead of wasting time, effort, and public resources on ineffective and inhumane displacement drives, an effective sterilisation program is still the solution and urgent need."

An order by India’s top court to authorities in capital Delhi and its surrounding areas to relocate all stray dogs to shelters within eight weeks, citing a rise in rabies cases, has sparked a debate between advocates of animal rights and public safety.

A day after controversial order on Delhi's stray dogs, the Supreme Court has issued a circular directing that all leftover food should be discarded in covered bins to over strays on premises.