Pet dog found with fever inside house
The Bhatia family’s pet dog was found burning with fever at 108 degrees and he was rescued by a Noida based animal rights activist, officials said.
The Delhi Police said 11 members of the family were found dead in their house in north Delhi’s Burari on Sunday.
The dog was “extremely aggressive and furious” when the rescue team arrived at the spot and it took animal rescuers one-and-a-half hours to control him.
The dog, whose name is not known yet, is an Indian pitbull mix breed, and his age is expected to be between 6-7 years, officials at the animal shelter said.
“We received the information that a pet dog has been kept chained at the Burari house and he is all alone now. We contacted the investigating officer, volunteering to adopt the dog and reached the spot. The dog which was chained was quite furious and aggressive,” said Sanjay Mahapatra, who runs an animal shelter in Noida.
“It took us 1.5 hours to control him and bring to the ambulance. We found that the dog was burning with fever at 108 degrees. Normally, dogs don’t survive at that temperature,” Mahapatra said.
On Sunday morning, Burari residents woke up to the horrific news of 11 members of a family found dead in which 10 were found hanging.
The dog was their family pet and according to the neighbours, it was always kept chained.
“Apart from fever, the dog had an infection on his skin. We brought him to the animal shelter and gave him an icepack to cool down the fever. We also provided medication and somehow lowered the body temperature of dog to 101 degrees,” said Mahapatra.
The dog is now recovering at the animal shelter.
However officials at the shelter said his behaviour remains aggressive. According to neighbours and relatives, the family members were never in financial troubles, one of the grounds on which they swiftly dismissed police’s initial theory that it was a suicide pact.
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