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India Walks Back Order To Clear Delhi Of Stray Dogs

There were 15 million stray dogs recorded nationwide in a 2019 Indian census (Credit: AFP)

India's Supreme Court on Friday scaled back its order to catch and remove tens of thousands of stray dogs from the capital, after feasibility questions about the sheer scale of the exercise.

The court earlier this month handed city authorities a deadline of eight weeks to round up all dogs, ordering that they be held in shelters and not released.

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