A day after the Supreme Court directed that stray dogs be removed “forthwith” from the premises of educational institutions, hospitals, sports complexes, bus stands and depots, and railway stations to “a designated shelter”, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials said on Saturday the civic body will have to build shelter homes for stray dogs from scratch. The officials also maintained that a survey will be taken up to identify locations and structures for setting up the shelter homes.

“At present, we don’t have any shelter houses for dogs or any other animals. We only have Animal Birth Control (ABC) facilities where dogs are brought temporarily for sterilisation after which they are again released,” a senior civic official told The Indian Express .

There are nine ABC centre

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