While reserving orders in the stray dogs case, the Supreme Court today asked the Animal Welfare Board of India to expeditiously decide applications filed by local organizations seeking recognition to carry out animal welfare programmes like sterilization. "The only request to AWBI is whatever applications are pending, you must process them with expedience. Following the same, many intervenors joined in to make submissions, including dog lovers, dog feeders, animal welfare organizations, NGOs, etc. During the hearing, it deprecated certain states' affidavits as "vague" and opined that stray dog attacks on beaches affect tourism. Counsel for AWBI told the Court that as per available data, there are 883 centres (for sterilization) across the country, out of which 76 are recognized by the AWBI.