New Delhi/IBNS, Aug. 12 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has called the Supreme Court order to relocate Delhi-NCR stray dogs to shelters "unscientific" and called for an "urgent effective sterilisation programme".

In a long statement, PETA India said, "Communities think of neighbourhood dogs as family, and the displacement and jailing of dogs is not scientific and has NEVER worked. Per a population survey conducted in 2022-23, Delhi has around 10 lakh community dogs, with less than half sterilised. Forced removal of some 10 lakh community dogs from Delhi's streets will cause uproar in communities that care deeply for them and chaos and suffering for the dogs on a large scale.

"It will also ultimately do nothing to c...