If stray canines assault folks, those that feed them may very well be held liable: SC

New Delhi, Sep 9: The Supreme Court on Friday steered individuals who routinely feed stray canines may very well be made chargeable for their vaccination and in addition liable to bear the prices if these animals assault folks, whereas emphasising on a have to discover a answer to the stray canines’ menace.

As a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and J.Ok. Maheshwari was listening to petitions in reference to the stray canines’ menace in Kerala, Justice Khanna orally noticed that he’s a canine lover and there are a lot of canine lovers and steered that individuals who feed stray canines might presumably hold a quantity or marking on the canine they feed.

“They will be responsible for vaccinating them and bearing the cost if a person is attacked,” he stated.

The bench emphasised that it’s important to seek out the answer of stray canines’ menace and have to create a steadiness between individuals who feed stray canines and in addition defend harmless folks from being attacked by stray canines.

It noticed that you will need to settle for there’s a downside – canines might grow to be ferocious on account of lack of meals or they could get an an infection. It additional added that rabies contaminated canines may very well be put in a care centre by authorities involved.

Advocate V.Ok. Biju submitted that since August 8 individuals have died and schoolchildren and ladies are being attacked by ferocious canines in public locations. Biju had not too long ago raised the difficulty of stray canines’ assaults earlier than the highest court docket and highlighted the current loss of life of a 12-year-old sufferer in Kerala.

Counsel, representing the Kerala authorities, cited Kerala High Court judgment handed in 2015, to cull the stray canine inhabitants as per native physique legal guidelines.

The court docket additionally requested the Sri Jagan Commission, shaped by the Supreme Court in 2016 to inquire into complaints about canine assaults and distribution of compensation to victims in Kerala, to submit a report.

After listening to arguments, the highest court docket scheduled the matter for additional listening to on September 28, and permitted animal rights teams to intervene.

If stray canines assault folks, those that feed them may very well be held liable: SC IANS 10 September 2022 Post Your Comments Shared Recently! Oust conventional events from Himachal, says Punjab CM
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