India, Jan. 5 -- Around 400 activists gathered in Andheri Lokhandwala on Friday evening as part of a nationwide 'Do or Die' protest organised by the PAL Welfare Foundation, opposing recent Supreme Court directions on the management of street dogs, which they claimed were being misinterpreted and misused by authorities to justify "illegal" relocation, "harassment" of feeders and "violence" against stray dogs. PAL is an NGO founded by a Mumbai police inspector, Sudhir Kudalkar.

The Mumbai protest began around 5 pm and took the form of a candle march lasting for about an hour. Participants raised slogans and carried placards demanding strict implementation of what they said were "existing Supreme Court guidelines" and animal welfare laws ra...