SC ordered removal of all stray dogs from the premises of educational institutions, hospitals, bus and railway stations and directed that they won’t be released back in the same area after sterilisation. Animal rights activist & BJP leader Maneka Gandhi said that "This is as bad as or even worse than Justice Pardiwala's judgement. This cannot be put into practice...If 5000 dogs are removed, where will you keep them? You need 50 shelters...But you do not have that. You need people to pick them up. What difference will removing 5000 dogs make? If there are 8 lakh dogs here, what will removing 5000 dogs change?...The question is that if this were possible, it would have been done".