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Prevent Public Demonstrations On Dog Culling Issue, SC Tells Kerala Govt [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, while considering petitions by the Animal Welfare Board of India, took note of photographs that carried captions “Kerala politicians beat street dogs to death, hang them on a pole and take out a parade” and 'Gils Periappuram posing with the culled dogs'.The photographs also contain a photograph where the dogs are lying dead with the caption 'Gils. The Supreme Court on Tuesday, while considering petitions by the Animal Welfare Board of India, took note of photographs that carried captions “Kerala politicians beat street dogs to death, hang them on a pole and take out a parade” and 'Gils Periappuram posing with the culled dogs'. The Animal Welfare Board has filed a module which pertains to 'Implementation Framework for street dog population management, rabies eradication and reducing man-dog conflict”. Two weeks ago,, the Animal Welfare Board had approached the Supreme Court challenging a 2006 order of the Kerala High Court, which allowed the government to eliminate troublesome stray dogs.

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