Release funds to feed community dogs and cats, Court tells govt.

Bench lauds committee for its ‘lovely’ report on feeding stray animals during lockdown

The Madras High Court on Thursday ordered that the State government should immediately release adequate funds to the Animal Husbandry Department for purchasing feed for community animals during the COVID-19 lockdown. Commending a committee appointed by it for coming up with a “lovely” plan of action to feed community dogs, cats and beach horses abandoned by their owners during the COVID-19 lockdown, the court said the scope of the committee could be expanded and it could be ensured that even domesticated elephants were taken care of. Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy told advocate A. Yogeshwaran, a member of the panel, that the Bench was fully satisfied with the plan of action chalked out to feed the community animals.