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A shocking and gruesome incident of dog killing has come to light. A man from Punjab killed his pet dog with a rifle in Badbar village, Barnala district of Punjab. The video of the incident went viral on social media after few hours.
Satbir Singh, 32, owner of Pit bull, said the dog was “unstable and imbalanced for the past two days” and thus had to be killed.
About the video
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In the video, Satbir and his friend Ajit Singh is seen with his 60s rifle. Later Satbir said, “I do not know who uploaded the video on social media sites.”
Later, both of them were released on bail, confirmed sub-inspector Darshan Sing. The body of the dog was sent for a post-mortem at the veterinary hospital in Barnala.
The matter escalated and was traced after an email by an animal rights organization, named Fauna Police, to Union minister for women and child development Maneka Gandhi, the Punjab director general of police (DGP), and the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI). Contents of that email are part of the FIR.
Managing trustee of Fauna Police, Abhinav Srihan of Delhi, said over the phone,
“We submitted the complaint to the AWBI with ample proofs.” Puneet Banga of Patiala had contacted the NGO. He said, “I had taken up the matter with the office of Maneka Gandhi. A dog cannot be exterminated on petty grounds. Such animals should be sterilized, or be kept in a kennel.”
Owner Satbir argued, “The dog was brutally biting for the last two days. It had attacked my buffalo. It had become extremely dangerous to kids. Remember, it was my pet dog! Why will I kill my own dog?” Asked if he consulted a vet, he said, “I did not know if that was to be done.”
Meanwhile, deputy director of the animal husbandry department, Dr Vinay Jindal, said it is the first case of post-mortem of a dog in which a board of three doctors were constituted for the post-mortem.
Dr Krishan Kumar, a member of the board, said, “We have taken samples of liver, kidney, spleen and heart of the dog. We will send its brain sample to Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), Ludhiana.”
Senior superintendent of police Harjeet Singh said,
“The accused have stated that the dog was harmful for the inhabitants. We have registered a case under section 429 (killing an animal) of the Indian Penal Code and section 11 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.”
Reference: Hindustan times
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