Dinesh Kamath's news item 'Police assure animal activists that stray animals will get justice' that was published in Newsband

Police assure animal activists that stray animals will get justice

By Dinesh Kamath

NAVI MUMBAI: A few days back a stray dog was badly thrashed inside the Millennium Tower housing complex. This had aroused the ire of animal rights activists and they have succeeded in pressurizing the Turbhe police into probing deep into this incident and warn the culprits.

The stray dog was very badly beaten up inside the Millennium Tower premises by the private security guards. After that the dog was tied up and dragged out. The dog had bitten a small boy and this was the reason for this shabby treatment it had to undergo.

The animal activists asked the police to probe into this case under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. They went to the extent of meeting the police commissioner himself and got him to give orders to his men to probe into this case. The police commissioner obliged them and Turbhe police assured these animal activists that they would issue a circular to all the local residents not to hurt the animals in any way.

Stray animals are worst exploited. They are hurt for no reasons too. Dogs particularly which are found moving around where the humans dwell are vulnerable to such exploitations. In the past there were many cases of dogs being treated very cruelly.

One of the animal activist said that these stray animals need as much protection as human beings and hence the policemen in Navi Mumbai should take all the possible steps to end cruelties to innocent animals. He also said that there should be more hospitals for animals since they are left to die on streets when they are affected by severe diseases. He expressed the need of more veterinarians to treat these animals which exist in big number in the city. According to him these animals sometimes suffer from ailments which require veterinary surgeons to cure them. He said the public awareness should be created in the matter of treating animals kindly and if any member of the public notices cruelty meted out to any animal, he or she should report the Animal Welfare Center or the police immediately so that action can be taken against the culprits.

“During the rainy season especially, these stray animals don’t find shelter to prevent themselves from getting wet. Also they catch diseases and suffer from skin infections. Hence during such times they need more attention and care,” he concluded.