The new rules led to clashes with the police and threats of hunger strikes by members of the Jain religious community, which believes in nonviolence against all creatures.
The closure of dozens of feeding spots for pigeons, known as kabutarkhanas, in Mumbai has upset some leaders of the city’s Jain community, a small but influential religious group.
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.
Stray dogs in New Delhi on Tuesday. There has been a rash of incidents in recent years in which children have been mauled and in some cases killed by street dogs.
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