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On Tuesday, TV actress Rupali Ganguly slammed Supreme Court's order to relocate stray dogs in Delhi NCR to shelter homes. Soon after her post on X went viral, a user criticised her, accusing the actress of eating “chicken, mutton, beef, fish". However, Rupali shared her compassionate side, revealing that she's a vegetarian and actively helps stray dogs daily by feeding them.

The social media user wrote on X, “You cannot advocate for #straydogs when you eat chicken, mutton, beef, fish, etc. Love for animal applies to all animals. You cannot advocate for strays when you have elite breeds at your home. And the rest who are speaking for strays, visit shelter home daily and feed them, take good care or you can even stay there nobody will stop you. OR Raise funds and make shelter homes for them or adopt 10 strays and ask others to do it, visit families who lost their loved ones due to rabies, watch the news regularly and see how many unprovoked dog bites happen daily, or at least you can do is wait for your family members to get rabies. You will not bark then."

Reacting to the user's claim, Rupali stated, "I feed the homeless animals on a daily basis … every animal I feed has been regularly vaccinated and sterilised…. I support animal shelters and gaushalas … not only in my city but all over India … m a proud vegetarian… and I support the homeless fur babies …. I donot have a single elite breed at home instead have 4 indies …. My child has been with so called stray animals since he was a baby and even an animal who had not known him before has protected him. They understand love and kindness which humans fail to understand. This earth belongs to all."

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She further added, "In our traditions, dogs guard Bhairav Baba’s temple and are fed on Amavasya for blessings. They’ve grown up on our streets, guarding shops, waiting outside our doors, barking away thieves. If we remove them now, we risk losing our protectors before the real dangers arrive, like silencing an alarm before a fire. Sending them to far-off shelters isn’t kindness, it’s exile. Stray dogs aren’t outsiders; they’re part of our faith, our culture, our safety. Care for them, vaccinate them, feed them and let them live where they belong. #straydogs."

The Supreme Court has directed the civic authorities in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) to capture and relocate all stray dogs to special shelters within eight weeks. The court's order, issued by a bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan, emphasised that once caught, the dogs will not be released back onto the streets.

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The court has also instructed the authorities to set up a helpline to report dog bite cases, with the mandate that the involved dog must be caught within four hours of receiving a complaint. Furthermore, anyone attempting to obstruct the authorities from carrying out the capture will face contempt of court action.