India, Aug. 12 -- Animal rights activist and former Union Minister Maneka Gandhi on Monday called the Supreme Court order on stray dogs a 'strange judgment'.

Reacting to the decision, she told ANI news agency that the judgment has been given by someone who is in 'anger'.

"Angry judgments are never sensible," she said.

The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the shifting of all stray dogs in the Delhi-NCR region to shelter homes amid the rising cases of dog bites and people's death by rabies, media reports said.

The top court ruled that all stray dogs from the residential localities will have to be shifted to the shelters within eight weeks, and any organisation attempting to block it will face the strictest punishment.

The court said it ...