After the vagrants and beggers now the stray dogs have been cleared off the Delhi streets, specially around the ongoing Commonwealth Games village.
Delhi Municipal Corporation is taking away the stray dogs from the streets around the venues, triggering protests from the city animal lovers.
Reports said the animal lovers have alleged that the authorities have flouted the norms.
Animal right activist Rukmini Sekhar said: ?Despite High Court orders [1998] prohibiting removal of dogs from their territories, the dogs are being removed. It is illegal.?
Accoding to the report, another activist J A Shah said: ?I have seen truckload of dogs taken away from an NDMC area.?
Generally the civic agencies take away street dogs and bring them back to the same area after sterilization. But since Sept 22, the report said, the dogs are being removed but not brought back to their respective localities in and around Games venues.
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The animal shelter at Defence Colony in the city is currently housing about 200 dogs while Ghazipur facility run by Delhi State Animal Husbandry Department is now keeping 210 dogs till the Games are over.
Delhi Muncipal Corporation Director ( Press and Publicity) Deep Mathur said: ?We are ensuring that the dogs are being lifted in a proper manner.?
Dr. Dinesh Yadav of Palika Animal Birth Control Society informed “they were not dumping the dogs anywhere. But giving these dogs to an NGO.?