Lucknow, Feb. 22 -- Prateek Yadav, brother of Akhilesh Yadav, joined a rally in Lucknow on Sunday supporting street dogs while urging Supreme Court to "not make any inhumane decisions", from the Taj Hotel to 1090 Chauraha. He also appealed to the people to support and empower animal birth control programs and organisations.

Prateek Yadav, speaking to ANI, said, "I would like to request the Honourable Supreme Court not to make any inhumane decision that goes against humanity, which would separate dogs, who are part of our society and have been domesticated by humans, from society. This is cruel and inhumane because dogs are social animals. They cannot live in confinement, and confining them is not possible or feasible for the government. ...