Pregnant dog killed in acid attack, 2 poisoned
HYDERABAD: In yet another incident of cruelty towards animals, some unknown miscreants killed a pregnant dog by throwing acid on its face and two other canines by poisoning their food in Hyderabad.
The incident that happened a couple of days ago at Balajinagar Colony near Yapral in Secunderabad came to light on Friday evening when a local woman lodged a complaint with the Jawahar Nagar police station. The police booked a case and sent the bodies of the deceased dogs to the local veterinary hospital for post-mortem.
According to the complaint lodged by Annamma Joseph, she had been regularly feeding four dogs in her locality. On Thursday evening, she noticed the dogs crying in pain. One of the dogs was pregnant and had acid thrown on its face and three others were writing in pain. She immediately alerted Archana and Hari of Bhairav Camp, an NGO working against cruelty against animals, who tried to shift the pregnant dog to the hospital, but it succumbed to the injuries after a while. The other three dogs who are suspected to have been poisoned were taken in by Blue Cross of Hyderabad. Two of these died on Friday morning.
This is the third incident of animal cruelty that Hyderabad has witnessed in a span of less than two weeks.
Managing Director of Humane Society International, India chapter, N G Jayasimha said it would only take an ill mind to torture harmless dogs to such an extent. At least one case of animal cruelty was being reported every week, “This only proves that an immediate increase in penalties against animal cruelty is absolutely necessary,” he said.
The HIS-India offered a reward of up to ₹50,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the persons involved in throwing acid on a pregnant dog and poisoning three other dogs. “The identity of the informant will be kept confidential,” Jayasimha said
He said owing to lower penalties prescribed for animal cruelty in the PCA Act, 1960, HSI/ India and People for Animals had launched a campaign called #NoMore50 that aims at making the act an effective deterrent for animal abusers.