Residents of Seawoods Estate Ltd. in Navi Mumbai protested plans to provide feeding places within the complex for stray dogs, claiming they pose a danger. Animal rights activists argue that the authorities have rejected their claims and that all action is based on the law. | Mumbai news
In two judgments delivered in March, the Bombay High Court has relied on the recently notified Animal Birth Control Rules, 2023 to unequivocally hold that stray dogs not only have an inherent right to live and not be subjected to cruelty but, like all other animals, they also have a right to their basic needs of food and water.
Representing the PMC, advocate Manisha Jagtap submitted that its attempt to reintegrate or reintroduce the dogs to original surroundings are restricted by members of the respondent society.
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