Thousands of citizens across India on Saturday, 29 November, simultaneously posted letter petitions to the Supreme Court, urging a stay, recall and reconsideration of its 07 November 2025 order directing the removal of community dogs from institutional areas.Beginning at 9 a.m., letters were dispatched from locations as far apart as Anantnag in Jammu & Kashmir and Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu, marking what participants described as an unprecedented, coordinated public engagement with the apex court.
The campaign saw overwhelming participation in several cities. In Lucknow, Dr. Vivek Biswas was the first to send his petition from the GPO window before long queues formed, with additional counters opened to handle the crowds. Differently abled students used Braille petitions, and students, children, lawyers, doctors, homemakers and citizens from diverse backgrounds joined in. Prominent activists in Delhi also queued to send petitions.
“Never in the history of this country have so many people come together on the same day to send a letter to the Chief Justice through a letter petition. Respectfully, the order is unscientific, impractical and against the law passed by Parliament. It is a death sentence to animals across the country,” said animal rights advocate Ambika Shukla.
By the time of release, more than 50,000 postal receipts had been uploaded to the campaign website, representing over 70 districts, with estimates predicting the total number of petitions may cross one lakh. Organisers described the action as a unique, bannerless and citizen-led mass movement, with no single organisation or individual claiming ownership.
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