The Supreme Court has given three orders on Friday (November 7, 2025) on the issue of stray dogs. The court has said that the state should work on the report of the amicus curiae and file an affidavit. In the second order, the court said that the order of Rajasthan High Court regarding stray animals on the roads should be implemented in the entire country. Remove stray animals from highways and roads. Keep them in a shelter. Municipal Corporation should form patrolling team and keep surveillance 24 hours. The court has also ordered to issue a helpline number.

In the third order, the Supreme Court said that stray dogs should be prevented from entering educational institutions, sports complexes, hospitals, bus stands, railway stations by installing fences and adopting other measures. Do not allow stray dogs to live there. After vaccination and sterilization, keep them in a shelter home. The court has asked to implement its order in 8 weeks.

On August 11, the bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan, taking a strict stance on the incidents of dog bites, had ordered the closure of all stray dogs in shelter homes in Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram and Faridabad. Animal lovers reached the Supreme Court in protest against this and presented the matter before the Chief Justice, after which the matter was sent to a bench of three judges.

Changing the old order, a bench of three judges had ordered to catch and sterilize and vaccinate the stray dogs in Delhi-NCR and release them back in their area. Also, on August 22, increasing the scope of hearing, the court transferred the cases pending in various High Courts to itself and asked the states to file affidavits, but in two months only two states filed the affidavits.

The judges expressed surprise that no one, except two states, filed an affidavit in response to its notice. Even the affidavit of Delhi government has not been filed. Only MCD (Municipal Corporation of Delhi) has filed it.

In the hearing held on October 27, the court said that incidents related to dogs are continuously happening across the country. A bad image of India is being created in the world. In such a situation, the lax attitude of the state governments is wrong. Expressing objection over the non-filing of the states’ replies, the court asked whether state officials do not read newspapers or use social media? Even if the copy of the order did not reach his table, he must have definitely got information about this important matter.

In case of stray dogs, Monday (3 On November 2025), the Chief Secretaries of all the states appeared in the Supreme Court. solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the court that all the states have filed affidavits, on which Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi Raised questions that many important things have not been mentioned in it. On October 27, the Supreme Court reprimanded the states for not filing the affidavit and ordered their Chief Secretaries to appear in the court.

justice Vikram Nath, justice Sandeep Mehta And justice NV Anjariya The bench was hearing. Abhishek Manu Singhvi said in court that affidavits Many important facts have not been mentioned. Like what is the budget of the states to deal with this matterhow many dogs sterilize Done, how many Animal Birth Control (ABC) Centers were created. He suggested that a chart should be made, according to which the states would record their responses.

Justice, according to Live Law’s report Vikram Nath also advocate Singhvi agreed to the advice and said that we checklist Should be made. He said, ,We will not hear individual cases today. Today we have listed the cases of all the states just for compliance. We will look at these in a few days and issue orders. let’s just see that states of this stage But what to say?,

Chief Secretaries of all the states appeared personally in the Supreme Court. The court was told that all the states have filed affidavits. The court asked which state’s chief secretary Have not come. solicitor general frost Mehta Told that the Chief of Madhya Pradesh secretary Have reached Delhi, But he is in traffic. They said that MP Chief Secretary of First the flight got delayed a bit. Now due to traffic it is taking time to come from the airport.

The court asked whether the affidavit of Madhya Pradesh has been filed. The court expressed satisfaction when the answer was yes. court by amicus curie Asked to prepare a brief note from the responses of all the states and make it available by Wednesday Is. The court will give its verdict in this case on Friday, November 7.

In further hearing, Chief Secretaries were exempted from personal appearance. The court said that the hearing of the case will continue further. Even the Chief Secretary of Kerala was not present. The Principal Secretary came in his place. The court accepted this also. after completion of the hearing solicitor The General told that the Chief of Madhya Pradesh secretary Have come to court.

(With inputs from Nipun Sehgal)

The case of stray dogs of Delhi-NCR remains a matter of discussion in the whole country. The Supreme Court of India has ordered to hold stray dogs roaming in Delhi and the entire NCR area and put it in the shelter. At the same time, the government aims to sterilize and vaccinate 70 percent stray dogs of the country in the next one year. The purpose of this initiative of the government is to ensure the safety of the people and also control the increasing population of dogs.

At the same time, there are many different ways of cases about the population of dogs around the world. According to the WorldAls and government data, there are a large number of dogs both pet and stray in many countries. Today, let us tell you about the ranking of 10 countries of the world, where most of the dogs are.

10. Romania

There are about 41 lakh (4.1 million) dogs in Romania. In the 1980s, when many people moved from villages to cities and left their pets, the population of stray dogs suddenly increased. Earlier there was a policy of killing stray dogs on a large scale, but animal rights groups objected to this.

9. France

There are about 74 lakh (7.4 million) dogs in France. In France, every dog is required to have a microchip for identification and rabies cases are extremely low due to strict rules of vaccination.

8. Argentina

Argentina has about 92 million (9.2 million) dogs. Here the practice of keeping pets is increasing considerably, even people are keeping pets in the apartment. At the same time, the government is running vaccination and sterilization programs so that their number and security can be controlled.

7. Philippines

The Philippines has 1.16 crore (11.6 million) dogs. There have been incidents of prolonged rabies deaths in the Philippines. The government, leaving the policy of killing stray dogs, took steps towards controlling the number through vaccination and sterilization.

6. Japan

There are about 1.2 million (12 million) dogs in Japan. A large number of people in Japan adopt pets instead of children and here dogs are considered as members of the family. Japan’s pet business is $ 10 billion.

5. Russia

There are about 1.5 crore (15 million) dogs in Russia, including famous metro dogs. These dogs navigate public transport. The number of stray dogs is increasing here and the citizens as well as the authorities also take care of them.

4. India

The number of stray dogs in India is around 1.53 crore (15.3 million). Here the government has planned to vaccinate and sterilize 70 percent dogs in a year, so that their number can be controlled.

3. China

The total number of dogs in China is 2.74 crore (27.4 million). However, the trend of keeping pets in China is increasing rapidly. Once in cities like Beijing, where there was a ban on raising a dog, it is now being accepted more.

2. Brazil

At the same time, there are 3.57 crore dogs in Brazil and a dog is reared in about half of the houses here. While the government ensures the safety of pets through vaccination programs.

1. America

America has the most dogs in the world. There are about 7.58 crore (75.8 million) dogs in the US. There are dog parks, grooming services and even stringent animal welfare laws for dogs. Apart from this, strict action is also taken in cases of any kind of cruelty here.

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