The High Court of Karnataka on Monday ordered issue of notice to the State government on a PIL petition seeking direction for effective implementation of the Animal Welfare Board of India’s (AWBI) guidelines on pet and street/stray dogs-2015 and the Animal Birth Control (Dogs) Rules, 2001.
A Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Ashok S. Kinagi, passed the order on the petition filed by Ramesh Naik L., a Tumakuru-based advocate.
Pointing out that AWBI’s guidelines were aimed at regulating life and movement of stray dogs so that human-dog conflict could be avoided and cruelty on stray dogs be prevented, the petitioner has contended that failure of authorities in effectively implementing the guidelines has been causing damage to both humans and dogs.
