The Supreme Court has issued today a slew of directions to insulate key public spaces from the growing stray dog menace and to clear highways of stray cattle and other animals. A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and N.V. Anjaria, hearing the suo motu matter on stray dog management across the country, has ordered that every educational institution, hospital, public sports complex, bus stand and railway station must be properly fenced to prevent the entry of stray dogs. The Justice Nath-led Bench has asked the local municipal bodies to conduct regular pick-up drives from such premises and shift the animals to designated shelters after mandatory vaccination and sterilisation under the Animal Birth Control ABC Rules, 2023. The Apex court has said that C

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