Mumbai: 1 lakh animal lovers speed post SC, to save the stray dogs from Nov 7 order

Mumbai: Over 1 lakh animal lovers from Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, and other cities and towns across India simultaneously sent speed post letters to the Supreme Court in an urgent, coordinated appeal to save the stray dogs from "cruel and unscientific relocations" to shelters.

The signed letters sent to the apex court on Saturday morning from GPOs and various post offices contained a copy of a draft appeal prepared by a group of animal activists urging the judges to revert the Nov 7 order to relocate stray dogs to shelters, since there side of interventionists has not been heard yet, and also it is unscientific and cruel to send healthy, vaccinated dogs to caged shelters. "We are thankful to the over 1 lakh citizens who ensured that they reach their respective GPOs from Anantnag in J&K to Kanyakumari in the south of India to send this urgent appeal to the SC to save our stray dogs. We will continue to legally fight for the street dogs in our democratic set-up for animal welfare," said Ambika Shukla of People for Animals (PFA).


From Mumbai, celebrities such as actor and entertainer Cyrus Broacha also sent a speed post to SC. The animal rights activists reiterated that healthy, vaccinated and sterilized dogs should be allowed to freely live in their areas, and not confined in shelters -- also there aren't enough shelters to put all the stray dogs in. Hence it can lead to diseases and deaths for stray dogs in they are cruelly relocated.

On Saturday evening, over 300 animal feeders and activists of Pasujeeva - The Soulful Love Foundation, held a peaceful demonstration at Versova in suburban Mumbai on the stray dogs issue, while stressing that proper sterilization, vaccination and care is the only humane way to control canine numbers and keep them healthy.

Earlier, the students and teachers of IIT-Bombay campus at Powai campus had started an e-drive to urge the authorities that they want to co-exist with the dogs, and not send them to any obscure or non-existent shelter. The Marmik Animal Welfare Foundation founder, Manasi Dikshit, who also sent a letter to the SC, said: "There are no proper animal shelters for dogs within BMC area, so where will the authorities take all our street dogs? It is impractical to relocate them."

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