Every Indian city has a growing population of stray dogs. In fact it’s hard to find a street or a galli without a stray dog loitering in it. Some dogs are friendly, but there are also those who are aggressive and roam around in packs.
Municipalities don’t have the money or the expertise to deal with the problem. Initiatives taken by them have ended up being clumsy and brutal and predictably run into opposition from animal rights activists.
Municipalities that have tried to partner voluntary organisations have found these arrangements dissolving in failure for. . .