New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- Amid the ongoing 'menace' of stray dogs across India and the Supreme Court's controversial order to pick all of them up from Delhi-NCR streets, the Centre has said that the matter falls under the purview of the state governments along with local bodies.

"The issue of stray dogs falls under the purview of State Governments, with Local Bodies mandated to manage related matters," the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying said in a statement on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court has reserved its order on a batch of pleas seeking to quash its earlier order of picking up every stray dogs from Delhi-NCR streets and keep them in a shelter.

The Centre, the ministry said, has framed the Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules...