According to a Local Circles survey, at least 71 per cent of the respondents supported the Supreme Court's decision to remove all stray dogs from Delhi NCR, and only 24 per cent opposed the verdict

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 cities across the country, the feral animals are both loved and feared. The judges are forging into intensely emotional territory by going after the ones in the capital.