Calcutta High Court Calls For Reports On Stray Dog Sterilisation Amid Rising Bite Cases

The Calcutta High Court directed the West Bengal government, along with the Kolkata and Bidhannagar Municipal Corporations, to submit reports on measures for the sterilisation of stray dogs.

The Bench of Justices Sujoy Paul and Smita Das granted four weeks’ time for filing the reports.

Advocate Akash Sharma, through a PIL, highlighted an alarming surge in dog-bite incidents from about 23,000 in 2022 to over 76,000 in 2024 and accused civic authorities of neglecting their duties under the Animal Birth Control Rules, 2023.

[Akash Sharma v State of West Bengal & Ors]