In cities across the country, the feral animals are both loved and feared. The judges are forging into intensely emotional territory by going after the ones in the capital.

India’s top court has ordered authorities in New Delhi to start removing all stray dogs from its streets and to sterilize and relocate them to shelters permanently.

Maneka Gandhi also highlighted that there is no government-run dog shelter in Delhi where the stray dogs could be kept, while highlighting the huge financial and logistical challenges the authorities