New Delhi, Nov. 13 -- Branding the Supreme Court's recent directive to remove and relocate stray animals to shelter homes as "impractical," animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi on Thursday urged the adoption of a more compassionate and humane approach towards the country's stray population.
The former union minister was addressing the media while announcing the first edition of CineKind, a collaboration between Film Federation of India (FFI) and People for Animals (PFA), to honour acts of kindness and humane storytelling in Indian cinema.
"The Supreme Court says remove the dog, remove the cat, remove the monkey, put it in a shelter, sterilise it, but no one can actually do this...it is impractical," Gandhi said, while also criticising the...