NEW DELHI: While a section of animal lovers and organizations attacked Kerala during the hearing of the stray dog ​​issue on Wednesday, the Supreme Court decided to resolve the issue permanently. As part of this, the apex court will conduct a detailed hearing on August 16 on the petition filed by the Kannur District Panchayat to allow the euthanasia of stray dogs suspected of being infected with rabies. When the organization of animal lovers alleged that the petition was emotional, the bench consisting of Justices JK Maheshwari and KV Viswanathan clarified that there was no question of emotionalism in this.

The court gave the parties two weeks to file their reply to the petition. The Kannur District Panchayat and the State Child Rights Commission have been directed to provide copies of the petition to the parties. The Animal Welfare Board of India has said that it will soon submit draft proposals to resolve the problem. Former Union Minister Alphonse Kannanthanam said that he too has some suggestions.

Stray dogs must be killed
The Kannur District Panchayat argued that stray dogs suspected of being infected with rabies and extremely dangerous should be killed. Children are killed by stray dogs in Kerala. PV Surendranath, KR Subhash Chandran and LR Krishna, lawyers of the district panchayat pointed out that the lives of the people are in danger.

Don't allow euthanasia

Animal lovers and animal organizations strongly opposed the demand for euthanasia. Maneka Guruswamy, the lawyer of the animal organization, said that it should be checked why the stray dog menace is so severe only in Kerala. It was also pointed out that the reason may be non-compliance with birth control rules. It was also pointed out that the reason may be non-compliance with birth control rules. Senior advocate K Venugopal said that stray dogs are being hanged and poisoned to death in Kerala. He pointed out that there is no problem in Delhi, Jaipur, and Mumbai where birth control of stray dogs is being implemented strongly.

Boycott Kerala

The lawyers of Kannur District Panchayat pointed out that a section of dog lovers are calling for a boycott of Kerala and they are opposing euthanasia of dogs in court.