India's top court has ordered authorities to remove all stray dogs from the streets and place them in permanent shelters, sparking an uproar from animal-rights groups over the feasibility of a decision some say was made in anger.

"The Supreme Court order is a death sentence for our community dogs and mass relocation is not the answer," Red Paws Rescue, a New Delhi animal welfare charity that works with stray dogs, said in an Instagram post.

"Perhaps this is a judgment given in anger, because it's not technically feasible," animal rights activist, former BJP MP and ex-Union Minister Maneka Gandhi said in a Facebook video posted Monday , shortly after the Supreme Court's decision.

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