Meanwhile, one of the judges on the bench said his mother was bitten twice by dogs.
“We are taking care of dog biting. Yes, they are a threat to everyone. Dog has bitten my mother twice. It is a harsh reality. Dogs do bite. Bhagwan Kare kisi ko nahi kaate. Let us not go into this, it is a problem. Everyday you will find dogs biting. I don’t want to get into this, kutta kaat ta hai ki nahi kaat ta,” Justice Mehta said.
The Court, however, remarked that while it does not want dog bite incidents to occur anywhere, it wants a percentage of dogs to remain for future generations.
“We don’t want any dog to die, even they [government] don’t want any dog to die…This is not adversarial. From today onwards, we don’t want to hear, dog kaat gaya, dog nahi kaata, sabko pata hai kaat-ta hai. I will cry when dogs go, I still say 5 percent population should be left so that the next generation sees the dog,” the Bench said.
In response to concerns expressed by a dog feeder, the Court said,
“There are millions of dogs. In all colonies, will allow a person to take their dogs. We just want to hold a camp, one responsible person who can make a list of the dogs.”
When a lawyer submitted that the dogs may meet the fate of dinosaurs, the Bench said,
“The German Shepherd will remain.”
Meanwhile, the Court also pointed to the dwindling population of birds in Delhi and other parts of the country.
“Where are the sparrows? Poori duniya dog ke peecha padi hai. Where are the sparrows? Where are the crows?”
