India, Sept. 4 -- The community dogs of Delhi and the rest of India are going through the hardest time of their lives. After years of living peacefully on the streets, tended to by caregivers and feeders, sterilised and vaccinated, they are literally facing the wrong end of the stick for no fault of theirs.

On August 22, 2025, there was a hard-won victory that gave compassionate society some relief. A bench of three judges of the Supreme Court ruled that all community dogs would not be rounded up en masse and put into pounds. To call these pounds a place where dogs would be fed, cared for and treated humanely would be a lie. On the contrary, lakhs of healthy and happy dogs would be shoved into black holes of neglect and hopelessness that...