Dehli dog emergency and more
Dear friend of India and Nepal’s animals:
We hope this update finds you well in spite of all the scary news and challenges in our world! We fervently hope you will remember those on the ground helping the animals day in and out.
Delhi Dog Emergency news
📢 On Aug 11, the Supreme Court ordered all stray dogs removed from Delhi-NCR streets and sent to shelters. But mass relocation isn’t a solution — it’s a tragedy in disguise.
🐶 These dogs were born in India and that is their home. Removing them from familiar streets to overcrowded shelters risks their health, safety, and survival.
✅ The real solution? ABC (Animal Birth Control)
✔️ Sterilize
✔️ Vaccinate against rabies
✔️ Release (to what is in most cases community caretakers)
It’s humane. It works. And it respects their right to exist.
Let’s remember: freedom means protecting even the most voiceless among us.
Recent demonstrations, letters and petitions across India show the public’s stand against the Supreme Court’s directive, with messages of compassion, dissent, and community solidarity:
1. Chennai
Hundreds gathered with placards like “Speak for the Voiceless” and “Home Is Not a Cage,” demanding justice for Delhi’s strays.
2. Lucknow
At Eco Garden, activists called the ruling inhumane and pushed for ABC Rule enforcement. Lucknow University students protested with signs like “Freedom Is a Basic Right – Even for Dogs.”
3. Mumbai
Despite heavy rain, animal rights groups and actor Mona Vasu rallied at Azad Maidan holding signs like “Shelters Are Not the Answer.”
4. Delhi (India Gate)
Activists, caregivers, and dog lovers protested the directive. Many were detained as slogans like “Our Dogs Will Never Come Back” echoed.
These protests call for scientific, compassionate, and locally grounded solutions—especially the ABC model—not mass removal.
There is a better way, and it already exists: Animal Birth Control (ABC). Vaccinate. Sterilize. Release. This method has been proven effective both in India and globally. Not only does it humanely reduce stray populations over time, it also creates healthier, more manageable dog communities. NGOs supported by Help Animals India and other grassroots movements are already making this model work across the country.
🙏 Learn more here, spread the word, and help if you can.
🚨 But There is hope! The order is now under review:
A larger 3-judge bench is re-hearing the case.
The Chief Justice has shown willingness to reconsider the decision.
Sadly, no official pause yet — relocation is still underway.
📢 Nationwide protests and legal challenges are demanding scientific, humane solutions — like the ABC (Animal Birth Control) program, not mass displacement.
⚖️ There’s real hope for amendment or reversal, but time is critical.
As you all know our grantees are part of the solution working hard for spay/neuter/vaccination and Help Animals India through donors LIKE YOU fund hundreds of sterilizations of dogs per month, cats too!
Education in the classrooms is also key and we also fund animal welfare education through STRAW (Stray Relief and Animal Welfare) India!
Here is an update from our dedicated grantee Karuna Society for Animals in deep South India!
And will leave you for now with our elephant social club
At Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre - WRRC’s Elephant Care Facility - watch these gentle giants engage in one of their natural behaviours: socialising. In the wild, elephants form deep, lifelong bonds, communicating through gentle trunk touches, rumbles, and physical closeness.
Sadly, most captive elephants are denied these essential connections. Kept in isolation or chained, they can’t express their deeply social nature - a deprivation as cruel as physical chains.
Today, thanks to Help Animals India’s support of WRRC, these rescued elephants can finally form meaningful relationships. Free from chains and work, they spend their days strengthening their bonds through play, mutual grooming, and simply being together.
Your donation helps ensure these social, sensitive beings never face loneliness again.
Thanks for reading! We wish you all the best in your efforts to bring happiness and comfort to all!
Help Animals India grants your kind donations to both well-established and emerging animal protection groups who confront daunting obstacles every day in their mission to rescue, shelter and fight for the rights of animals. We work closely with these groups and vouch for their courage, compassion and determination. Our guidance and your donations helps them improve their missions and operations so they can maximize their effectiveness as advocates for and defenders of all animals.
With deepest gratitude and appreciation from the Help Animals India team, our colleagues in India and Nepal, and the animals we love and serve.
