"Public response against the Supreme Court’s order to relocate Delhi-NCR’s stray dogs to shelters has already settled into the familiar shape of division. Most people seem to fall neatly into two camps—those who view the court’s order as overdue action against a growing health threat, and those who see it as an attack on the basic dignity of animals. What’s needed now is a policy-based solution. The situation cannot remain suspended between denial and inaction—it has already cost lives and money," says columnist Amana Begam Ansari