Revealed on: Aug 19, 2025 09:19 am IST
An activist stated they’d proceed to press their demand for the Supreme Court docket to withdraw its order directing that stray canine be shifted to shelter houses.
Uninterested in holding protests, animal lovers and activists turned to prayers, gathering at Hanuman Mandir and Bangla Sahib in Connaught Place to hunt divine intervention of their combat to guard avenue canine.
The activists stated the prayer meet started at 12 am on Tuesday at Hanuman Mandir, the place practically 200 folks participated.
Carrying banners with the slogan “Awara nahi, humara hai” (They don’t seem to be stray, they’re ours), in addition they recited the Hanuman Chalisa earlier than marching to Bangla Sahib to proceed their prayers.
Nevertheless, they had been stopped by the police exterior Bangla Sahib.
“We’re exhausted after days of protesting, so right this moment we got here right here to hunt assist from God to present us energy on this combat,” stated one activist.
He added that they’d proceed to press their demand for the Supreme Court docket to withdraw its order directing that stray canine be shifted to shelter houses.
“Earlier our combat was that Delhi has no correct shelters for canine. Now we wish the federal government to cease selecting up these unvoiced animals from the streets at night time,” he stated, claiming that a number of canine had already been taken away.
A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan had noticed that the “entire downside” had arisen attributable to “inaction” on the a part of native our bodies.
The courtroom, nonetheless, reserved its order on a plea looking for a keep on components of its 11 August instructions.
