The HC added that it resolved the issue of strays in the Bombay High Court by feeding them. “Nobody can tell a dog or a tiger what its territorial limits are, they don’t know your boundaries of Seawoods Estate.
The Mumbai HC proving relief to the stray dogs of Navi Mumbai”s Seawoods Estate Limited on Wednesday said:Ā Ā “If you provide food and some amount of care, stray dogs will not get aggressive”, seeking an amicable solution between the warring management of Seawoods Estate Limited and dog lovers from the society. Reported Live Law.Ā
āIf the strays are left unattended, that includes feeding, sterilization, vaccination or necessary treatment when they are ill or sick, you will have a problem with the strays coming in (the society) looking for food and getting aggressiveā¦ This issue is best solved by working together. If you provide food and some amount of care, the dogs will not get aggressive,ā Justice Gautam Patel heading a division bench observed.
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The HC added that it resolved the issue of strays in the Bombay High Court by feeding them. “Nobody can tell a dog or a tiger what its territorial limits are, they don’t know your boundaries of Seawoods Estate.
We had this problem (strays) in the Bombay High Court. We solved it by feeding them. Now they just sleep,ā Justice Patel added with a laugh.
The court, however, observed that once dedicated spots were identified, the financial and physical obligations to feed, sterilize, vaccinate, and neuter would fall on volunteers. It sought a list of such volunteers and adjourned the matter to March 20, 2023.
The bench was hearing a petition filed by six residents of a residential complex at Seawoods in Navi Mumbai, seeking a direction to the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) to identify and demarcate feeding stations for stray dogs in public places.
The residents have also challenged fines imposed on them by their housing society for feeding strays. The petitioners and the Seawoods Estates Limited (SEL), which manages the residential complex, have been at loggerheads over the issue.
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