Lower thirds:

00:02 Report by Manira Chaudhary & Richard Kujur
00:20 Nanita Sharma | Lawyer
00:42 Manira Chaudhary | DW Correspondent
01:18 Raja Iqbal Singh | Mayor and Head of Municipality
02:28 Ishaan Prakash | City resident

Script:

00.00

Nanita Sharma, an animal lover and lawyer, has been litigating for a decade to make municipalities follow the Animal Birth Control law, which mandates vaccination and sterilisation of strays. But the dog population—and related problems—have only grown.
(Nanita putting dog food on the side of the street. Petting the dogs)

00.20
SOT: Nanita Sharma, Lawyer: (English): “If they would have sterilized them, neutered them on time, regularly, this situation would not have got out of hand. Because obviously if there'll be overpopulation and there'll be a population explosion, you know, as far as the dogs are concerned, people may get scared.”

00.42
PTC: The Supreme Court turned a chronic problem into an acute one when it last month ordered all stray dogs in the city be moved into shelters permanently. 
Thousands protested calling it an unrealistic and inhumane idea. Less than two weeks later the Court stayed its ruling. But said that sterilisation and vaccination programs must be followed, across India - with street feeding limited only to specific zones. 

The situation is far from resolved. Delhi’s mayor blames the dog lovers

01.18
SOT: Raja Iqbal Singh, Mayor and Head of Municipality: (Hindi) “ We do our work well but often when we go to pick dogs for sterilisation, dog lovers hide the dogs. They are very emotionally attached to them. I feel the municipality or any other government authority cannot carry out a task without public participation.”

02.07
Even those who fear the strays do not all agree with that view.. 
(Shot of two men walking down the street OR cut aways of him )

02.12 no time for insert
SOT: Tiwari, City resident (Hindi): “As far as I’m concerned it’s a clear government failure. Budgets are sanctioned but they are misused. There are not enough facilities to house them or vaccinate them, which is why their population is increasing and they end up biting our children”

02.27
Nanita says there’s a way to deal with animals who come across as aggressive. (Transitioning- nanita walking with me in the park and talking)

02.32 no time for insert
SOT: Nanita Sharma, Lawyer: (English): There is a procedure in place, in the ABC rules, or this dog is dangerous to the whole society.  So, please take, they have taken him away. Not that all the dogs have to disappear from society. So, people also have to be reasonable, you know. Peaceful coexistence is very necessary.

2:46 eine Weißblende 

02.48
Those who spend their evenings feeding dogs say they’re trying to reduce conflict between people and animals. Some even pay for vaccination and sterilisation themselves. ((02:58))

(Shots of two people feeding
 the dogs at night and playing with them)

02.28
SOT: Ishaan Prakash, City resident: “We also do not want anybody to get bitten or be scared of dogs. We do what we can to protect both- people and these animals.”

03.11
India’s stray dog crisis remains caught between fear and compassion, law and implementation+++