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Delhi High Court upholds constitutional validity of Rule 3, 5, 6 and 8 of Animal Birth Control Rules, 2023

The issue under consideration was whether the ABC Rules, 2023 unjustly exclude individual veterinarians from the animal birth control programme, thereby infringing upon their constitutional rights.

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[Stray Dog Birth Control] Sterilization and immunization of stray dogs is an important public function: Delhi High Court

The main grievance of the petitioner is non-compliance with rules made under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act, 1960 i.e. The Animal Birth Control (Dog) Rules, 2001 that states taking up regular sterilization and immunization programmes of stray dogs, in order to curtail the growing population of stray dogs.