Safety of Human and Stray Dog
Source : India Today
GS III : Environment
What is discussed under Safety of Human and Stray Dog?
- Judgement and Regulation Related
Why in News ?
In view of the rising stray dog menace in Nagpur, the Bombay High Court directed “that no citizen and no resident of Nagpur and areas surrounding it shall feed or make any attempt to feed the stray dogs in public places, gardens etc.
Key Facts
- Further direct that if any person is interested in feeding stray dogs, he shall first adopt the stray dog.
- Bring it to home, register it with Municipal Authorities or put it in some dogs shelter home.
- Commissioner of Nagpur Municipal Corporation to ensure that, no feeding of street dogs takes place at any place except at the own place of the dog feeder.
- Commissioner will also impose appropriate penalty for any breach of these directions, which penalty may not be more than of Rs.200/- for every breach.
- It may not be of the extreme nature of destruction of the stray dog.
Judgement and Regulation Related
- Animal Welfare Board of India v. Nagaraja (2014):
- Striking down the practice of Jallikattu (bull-wrestling) and bullock cart racing in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra,
Photo by Heshan Weeramanthri on Unsplash respectively, the Supreme Court had ruled that the right to dignity and fair treatment as enshrined in and arising out of Article 21 of India’s Constitution is not confined to human beings alone, but animals as well.
- Striking down the practice of Jallikattu (bull-wrestling) and bullock cart racing in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra,
- Stray dogs are protected under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 and Rules enacted under Section 38 of the Act, particularly the Animal Birth Control (Dogs) Rules, 2001.
- National Action Plan
- To progressively reduce and ultimately eliminate human rabies in India through sustained, mass dog vaccination and appropriate post-exposure treatment.
- Article 48 A states that the State shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment and safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country.
- Article 51A(g) states it to be a duty of every citizen of India to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers, and wildlife, and to have compassion for living creatures.
- Indian Penal Code (IPC):
- Section 428 and 429 of the IPC provides for punishment of all acts of cruelty such as killing, poisoning, maiming or rendering useless of animals.
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