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At a time when the Supreme Court has ordered the removal of stray dogs from all Delhi-NCR localities to shelter homes, a new study has revealed that the vast majority of human-street dog interactions in India are peaceful.
According to Economic times, Research by the University of Edinburgh found that 82% of observed interactions between humans and street dogs involved approachable or neutral behaviour. Only 2% showed aggression such as barking, chasing, or biting. The findings highlight that negative encounters are far less common than perceived.
Lead researcher Professor Krithika Srinivasan cautioned that culling or mass remo...