The Bombay High Court issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed on the issue of thousands of stray dogs roaming around in the city Aurangabad.
The Aurangabad Bench of Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge and Sanjay A. Deshmukh perused the report of the Registrar (Judicial), dated 02.05.2023. The said authority has opined that this Petition involves public interest.
The Petitioner in person before the High Court is a young practicing advocate at Aurangabad Bench, who has taken up the issue of thousands of stray dogs, roaming around in the city and procreating despite the Corporation spending Crores of Rupees on the “Animal Birth Control (ABC) Programme”.
The Bench is of the view that the Petitioner has raised a very important issue, considering not only the rapid multiplication of the number of the stray dogs, but, even the life threatening incidents that have occurred on account of the attacks of stray does on the citizens and more particularly the young children in the city.
The Petitioner in person submits that the Municipal Corporation will have to come up with details as regard the steps taken for curbing attacks on human by the stray dogs, effective implementation of ABC and need for increasing the animal vans which are used for catching such stray dogs for the purpose of carrying them to the Veterinary Health Centre for sterilization/surgeries.
While considering the submission , the Bench agree with the view expressed by the Petitioner and expect from the Corporation to place such record before the bench on or before by the next date 16.06.2023.