Unknown persons booked for killing street dogs in Nizamabad

In Nizamabad, police booked unidentified persons for allegedly poisoning stray dogs amid claims that nearly 1,000 were killed over months. Animal rights activists demanded investigation, post-mortems, and strict action, alleging involvement of local authorities and rising incidents of missing dogs

Nizamabad: Amid allegations of killing around 1,000 street dogs over the past few months, some unknown persons were booked for allegedly poisoning street dogs to death in the town on Wednesday.

Nizamabad fourth town police said that a case was registered against unidentified persons under Section 325 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) (Mischief by killing or maiming animal, criminalizing intentional harm, poisoning, or killing of any animal), based on a complaint from Goutham Adulapuram, from Stray Animal Foundation of India based in Karimnagar town.

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A foundation statement said around 1,000 street dogs were killed in Nizamabad municipal corporation over the last 7 months.

“A few individuals, allegedly hired by the corporation along with involvement of local elected representatives, were responsible for these killings. Earlier, some street dogs were eliminated in August in the town,” the statement said.

Further, the animal rights organisation alleged that a pet dog was killed in the town on March 23. The culprits threatened locals when they raised objections to their act. They transported the dog carcasses in a vehicle. Residents of Nizamabad have been reporting that many street dogs were going missing from several parts of the town, it pointed out.

The activist demanded the police to carry out a post-mortem of the bodies of the street dogs and to take stern action against the perpetrators by conducting a probe into the instances of these consecutive killings.