Two Dogs Found In Critical Condition After Consuming Poisoned Chicken

A shocking incident of cruelty to animals has come to light. Street dogs in Pune were poisoned. The incident took place near Navi Peth on 12 January when two dogs were found in a critical condition after consuming chicken laced with poison, strewn at different places in the Rajendranagar locality.

Neena Rai, the team head of Action for Animals against Cruelty and Trauma (AaCT) said that the sick dogs were sent to the ResQ Charitable Trust for treatment. More than 30 crows were also found dead.

She claimed that the autopsy report of the dogs indicated poisoning to be the cause of deaths.

“An FIR will be filed after the police get the autopsy report in a couple of days. The chicken samples, too, had been sent for testing,” she said.

According to the locals

Some residents of Rajendranagar felt that the mass poisoning of dogs could have been the result of a superstition, wherein dog’s cry is considered a bad omen. The local residents stressed that the victimized stray dogs were like pets to them. They heard a couple of dogs crying a few nights ago, and believe that it could have been the trigger for a superstitious person to take the cruel step.

The spots from where the poison laced chicken had been picked up were almost discolored, indicating how strong the poison must have been.

They said that they have never seen anybody hating dogs or complaining about them.

 “We heard a couple of dogs howling two days ago. It might have miffed somebody superstitious.”

Another resident in the area also attributed the poisoning to the superstition that a dog’s howling was “inauspicious”.

Rahul Mankar, who had filed a complaint with the police after the incident, said,

“A few years ago, slum dwellers were shifted to the locality. Many of them are anti-social elements and drunkards. Our dogs would often protect the area by barking at the drunk to keep them out. There was not even a complaint lodged with the civic body to pick these dogs up in all these years.”

Jayant Mhaiskar, a lawyer and a resident of an upscale society in Rajendranagar, said,

“The dogs would protect our society in the night. I have been staying here since years and we never found anybody complaining against them,” he said.

Reference: The Times Of India

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