In light of the Supreme Court order of November 2025, find below expert opinion on the impact of removal of free-living dogs.
Downloadable documents
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Literature Review: The Scientific, Legal, and Ethical Failures of Street Dog Relocation by Sindhoor Pangal, Dr. Anindita Bhadra, Dr Balaji Chandrashekar, Dr. Chinny Krishna, Dr. Asher Jesodoss, Sowjanya Vijayanagar, Annelieke Laninga
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The success of the ABC-AR* programme in India by Dr. Chinny Krishna
Articles and blogs
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The Dangerous Illusion of the ‘Quick Fix’: Why Mass Dog Relocation is an Ecological and Ethical Disaster for India (Bharcs Blog, 22 Nov 2025)
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Four Weeks in, the Quick Fix of Relocation is Failing India’s Public Health and its Professionals (Bharcs Blog, 13 Dec 2025)
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Explainer | The ABC of stray dogs (The New Indian Express, 15 Dec, 2025)
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Judicial Overreach On Four Legs (Times of India, 19 Dec 2025)
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'This is what coexistence looks like’: Pune society’s dog-feeding area presents a simple solution to a complex urban issue (The Indian Express, 23 Dec 2025)
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Barking up the wrong tree (The Economic Times, 1st Jan 2026)
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Relocation will aggravate human-dog conflict (The Times of India, 3rd Jan 2026)
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Animal welfare experts say ABC Rules only legal way to control stray dogs, rabies (The New Indian Express, 3rd jan 2026)
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Don’t Go By Bad Logic, Cooked-Up Data (TOI+, 5 Jan 2026)
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Mass dog shelters are a public health risk. Science over optics must be the way to go (The Indian Express, 6th Jan 2026)