India, Aug. 14 -- Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the government during Supreme Court hearing of cases relating to stray dogs, said he has seen people posting videos of eating meat and then claiming to be animal lovers.

Backing the Supreme Court order of relocation of Delhi-NCR stray dogs, Tushar Mehta said "there is a very loud vocal minority and silent suffering majority." Follow SC stray dogs case hearing live updates here

"Thirty seven lakhs a year, 10,000 per day. This is dog bites. Rabies deaths - 305 deaths for the same year, WHO's modelling shows much higher number," LiveLaw quoted Tushar Mehta as saying.

Nobody is an animal hater, he added.

Hearing a suo motu case over dog bites in the national capital on Monday...