Doggone Hyderabad: Canine shot dead, puppies burnt alive in two animal cruelty cases
In horrifying videos, a group of young boys are seen burning three puppies alive, and in another case a guy is seen shooting dogs with a gun.
In Short
- Two fresh cases of animal brutality in Hyderabad.
- One video shows five minor boys burning three puppies alive.
- Second video shows a guy shooting dogs with a gun.
Two fresh cases of animal brutality emerged from Hyderabad on Wednesday just weeks after the arrest of two Chennai students who threw a dog off the roof.
In the first case, a video, allegedly shot on July 16, showed five young boys burning three puppies alive.
In the horrifying footage, the boys are seen playing with the pups for sometime before they drag them by their tails and hurl them into the fire. The puppies are seen trying to crawl out from the fire before the boys push them right back into the flames. The boys had built the fire with leaves and other pieces of garbage in a graveyard in Hyderabad.
Even more troubling is the fact that the boys chose to record the entire incident on video. The incident came to light only on Tuesday when a complainant sent it to an animal rights forum called Humane Society International (HSI).
The group approached the Musheerabad Police, who registered an FIR under Section 429 of Indian Penal Code and various other sections.
Police have now identified the children who say they committed crime 'just for fun'. After confirmation that they're all juveniles, the boys have been sent for counseling, for now.
"We gave a complaint to Musheerabad police station. They have registered a case and are investigating the case," complainant Sreya Paropkari told India Today.
NG Jaisimha, managing director of HSI India said, "Strong animal cruelty law is needed. Earlier minister of environment did nothing particular for the safety of animals. We hope the new minister Anil Madhav Dave will do something."
He also expressed hope that since Parliament is underway, leaders will sit together to come out with stricter laws to safeguard animal rights.
In a separate case, the same forum received another video from Hyderabad in which a man can be seen indiscriminately shooting at street dogs with a gun.
We are fighting a war against animal abuse and to win a big war we need a big tent where people of all kinds are welcome.Posted by Jayasimha Geethaprabhu Nuggehalli on Tuesday, 19 July 2016
The two final year MBBS students Gowtham Sudarshan and Ashish Paul - arrested for throwing a dog from the terrace of a three-storey building - were granted bail soon after their arrest. Animal rights groups across the country have expressed concerns about the lenient animal protection laws that allow people to get away with animal cruelty.
Read: Chennai: Medical students who flung dog off roof arrested, out on bail