Stray Dogs, Public Safety, and Constitutional Priorities
The article presents a forceful critique of advocacy that prioritises street-dog protection over human safety, arguing that the prevailing approach under the Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules has aggravated, rather than mitigated, public health and environmental risks. The author contends that India’s estimated 80 million stray dogs pose a serious threat through bites, rabies transmission, traffic accidents, and ecological damage, framing the issue as a constitutional and public safety emergency rather than an animal rights debate.
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