New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed displeasure over what it described as inadequate and poorly implemented measures by several states to deal with the growing menace of stray dogs, flagging serious gaps in sterilisation, creation of dog pounds, and removal of animals from educational and institutional premises.

A bench of justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and NV Anjaria warned that states which had filed vague or misleading affidavits would face "strong strictures", remarking that much of the information placed before the court appeared to be "total eye wash" and "just storytelling".

The court was hearing a batch of matters concerning implementation of the Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules and its own earlie...