Sr Adv Vikas Singh (for an animal welfare trust): please see it as an animal v. human issue...more than 50000 people died in 2025 due to snake bites...dogs are important for rodent control...your lordships have to balance the ecosystem. Biting is one part of dogs issue. Their role in ecosystem must be considered.

Sr Adv Pinky Anand: There has been violence but provisions provide that animals must be treated with compassion. We were able to eradicate TB through policies...we didn't eradicate the people with TB! We have only 77 ABC Centres today. If dogs are not replaced back, more ferocious dogs will come. There should be accountability

J Mehta: Who should be held accountable when dogs attack a 9 yr old? The organization that is feeding them? You want us to shut our eyes to the problem.