India’s Supreme Court ordered the release of all stray dogs that were removed from New Delhi streets after sterilization and immunization following an increase in the number of people who were bitten by dogs.

India’s Supreme Court has changed course on an order that raised hue and cry upon its issue this month to round up and confine the multitude of stay dogs that wander around New Delhi. Following protests by dog lovers,

India's top court modified its earlier ruling in a case involving stray dogs on Friday, ordering authorities in capital Delhi and its suburbs to release picked-up dogs in the same area after sterilisation and immunisation.