Supreme Court of India wants to make people who feed stray dogs liable

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I was surprised when I read this. People who feed stray dogs do so because they can spare some while others cannot. If these dogs are not fed, they could become too hungry and then resort to attacking babies. This means, those who feed stray dogs are actually indirectly protecting babies. But the flip side is, dogs become territorial. Their food is guaranteed to some extent. So they don't want to be dislodged from that place. People naturally shoo stray dogs. It obviously does not go down with the dogs as their food prospects are disturbed. They may attack people wanting to send them away. So does it make people who feed the dogs liable for vaccinating those dogs? And for those bites? All I can say is, how you react with the animal, the animal reacts with you. The stray dogs have never been nasty with me, either in the past, or now when I am finding some time to feed them. They have never barked at me. They follow me, for some strange reason. Not always but sometimes. I quite like them approaching me, its so child like or lamb like. The pleasure of feeding them is something I cannot describe. Concerns are definitely there, but where will these homeless creatures go? Government does not have any place for them.