The primacy of the human being in his normal habitat, which is mostly urban clusters, has been upheld by the Supreme Court in its ruling on how to deal with the menace of stray dogs. The court was doubling down on its November 2025 verdict while adding that euthanasia of dangerous stray dogs is also permitted. Animal activists may be up in arms over a sweeping verdict of this nature. But, if the matter is given serious thought, it must be acknowledged that the stray dog menace is one that causes the most anxiety in people, especially the vulnerable like the elderly, school kids and two-wheeler riders whose lower limbs are invariably at threat from charging dogs and those who must step out of home in their quotidian lives.