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Actress Sonakshi Sinha has slammed the Supreme Court's decision to relocate stray dogs from Delhi NCR to shelter homes within eight weeks. The actress took to her Instagram handle and stated that the new directive exposes how “soulless we have become as a society.”

Sonakshi reposted a post on her IG Story which read, "Street dogs are not a problem. They are victims. Victims of fear, hunger, disease, neglect, cruelty and abandonment. They live without shelter, without vaccination, without sterilization, left behind to give birth on the streets, only to watch their puppies suffer the same fate."

"Many die under speeding wheels or at the hands of cruelty. They ask for nothing but compassion and to live without harm. Yet people sell them, dump them and now even plan to uproot them from the only place they know, sending them to overcrowded shelters where they will lose their freedom and identity. This is not animal welfare. Spaying and vaccinating street dogs is the real, humane solution,” she noted.

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Sonakshi Sinha Slams Supreme Court's Decision To Relocate Stray Dogs (Image: Instagram/@aslisona)

Actress Bhumi Pednekar also raised her voice against Supreme Court's recent decision. She took to her Instagram handle and dropped an adorable photo of her pet Bruno who came into their lives when he was just 4 months old. She wrote, "Removing them en masse, stripping them of the only life they know, will not solve the root issues — it will only create more cruelty and displacement. May there be empathy. May there be peace. May justice prevail."

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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.