India's top court has ordered authorities to remove all stray dogs from the streets and place them in permanent shelters, sparking an uproar from animal-rights groups over the feasibility of a decision some say was made in anger.

In Turkey, a 2024 law ordering the removal of all strays ran headlong into a reality check: Municipal shelters could hold only 105,000 dogs in a country with an estimated four million. Reports of neglect and euthanasia soon followed.

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.