Figure 23 : Image showing the puppies and News Paper Cut-out

―It was only after I insisted that they told me how the man killed the dog and threw her body in the pond,‖ added Mehrok. On Monday morning, when Mehrok reached the village to rescue the puppies, the dog‘s body was found floating in the pond. She then also went to the home of the accused. ―His mother claimed that the dog bit her on the finger but there was no injury. There wasn‘t even a scratch. When I asked her if she got injections as the dog bit her, she had no answer. Later villagers told us that the dog had just delivered but the accused and her mother were trying to disturb her, due to which she had just barked at them. When I questioned the woman about where the dog was, she said ‗Ohnu tu main chakwa ditta (I got it picked up)‘. She also accepted that her son picked up the dog,‖ said Mehrok. After the carcass was recovered, Mehrok claimed that she kept waiting at the spot for police to respond, but they did not come. ―I had no option left but to write to Maneka Gandhi and seek help. She responded immediately and ordered the local administration to help us. It was only then that the body was taken for autopsy and FIR was registered on July 7,‖ said Mehrok, who took the dead dog‘s four puppies to her home. The FIR against Manga Singh and his mother was registered on complaint of Amit Bhanot, head of Janhit Sewa Samiti, under sections 429 (mischief by killing or maiming cattle or any other animal) of IPC and 11 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, at Sanaur police station. Inspector Karamjit Singh, SHO, Sanaur police station, said raids were being conducted to trace the accused. At her home, Mehrok is taking care of the dog‘s surviving puppies. ―They couldn‘t be with their mother for even 24 hours after birth and did not get her milk. They hadn‘t even opened their eyes properly before their mother was killed. We tried to bottle feed them and keep them warm but two of them died today. We are trying to find a lactating dog which can feed the remaining two now. There are no words to explain what that dog went through. Police are not making a serious effort to arrest the culprits,‖ she said.

 Animal Cruelty Case – 04:

approached NGO, strictest punishment demanded. A vegetable vendor in Andheri has been arrested by the DN Nagar police for allegedly abusing stray dogs in the area. Police suspect that the accused has raped more than 30 dogs as per video evidence collected by a resident.Questioning of the accused revealed that he lured dogs and cats by giving them meat late at night and raped them while they ate. With the number of such rapes increasing, an NGO has requested all feeders to provide safety to animals. The accused has been identified as Ahmad Shahi, 68, who has a handicap in his left hand. He resides at Juhu Gully. Police said that the accused told them that if he is feeding the animals and raping them, and if the animals don‘t have any objection, it is not a crime. The complainant, Vijay Mohanani, runs the NGO Bombay Animal Rights based in Peddar Road and has sought the strictest action against the accused.