In cities across the country, the feral animals are both loved and feared. The judges are forging into intensely emotional territory by going after the ones in the capital.

BENGALURU: The Legislative Council on Tuesday witnessed uproar over the menace of stray dogs in Chikkamagaluru district. Raising the issue, JDS MLC Bhoje Gowda highlighted the problems faced by people of Chikkamagaluru city and other places of the district because of stray dogs.

India’s top court has ordered authorities in New Delhi to start removing all stray dogs from its streets and to sterilize and relocate them to shelters permanently.