In what can also be called horrible and heartless, almost 100 dogs were poisoned to death supposedly on the orders of the Siddipet municipality in Telangana. After an animal activist in the area sent videos of over 40 dogs’ dead bodies being transported in a municipality vehicle, the incident was brought to attention. Vidhi, a resident in the area was devastated as she saw what was happening: “I was shocked to find all my dogs gone. They were not aggressive and never created any menace. If people complained, they should have exercised animal birth control instead of injecting poison into them.”

As soon as the incident was reported, a team of activists from Hyderabad rushed to the spot and filed a complaint under Prevention of Cruelty against animal Act and section 428 and 429 of IPC. Soon after this, more killings were reported. Teja P an animal activist, said: “We filed a complaint on Saturday night and an FIR was booked. Considering evidence is crucial for conviction in such cases we went to look for the carcasses on Sunday morning and found them in the dump yard near Busaram forest. Just 30 minutes into the enquiry, we saw them bringing in a new batch of dead dogs in municipality vehicle.”

Another activist Pravalika Nigam from the Compassionate Society for Animals, shared: “The second batch of dead dogs comes as a shocker considering we reported to them on Saturday itself. The municipality is not practising scientific measures of managing dog population anywhere in Telangana and culling dogs when man-animal conflict increase.” Such measures of managing animal population are truly unjust and abysmal. Hopefully action will be taken to prevent such horrible killings of innocent creatures in the future.

I cried so hard that my eyes were swollen shut. I strongly condemn the mass poisoning of stray dogs in Hyderabad. 40 dogs are poisoned and killed in Siddipet Municipality. This is what real urbanization looks like. Is city only meant to be place for it's people and their (1/5)

— Kushal Roy (@itskushalroy) June 22, 2019

(2/5) greed? #Hyderabad gained national attention for India's first #DogPark. Those are only meant for pedigree pups, this is the reality of stray dogs in India. Govt. should take measures to punish those who poison dogs. Poison is not answer. Mass culling of stray dogs is

— Kushal Roy (@itskushalroy) June 22, 2019

(3/5) inhuman. #AnimalBirthControl is the only effective, long term method to reduce stray dog population. A nation is known by how it treats its most vulnerable inhabitants. Must deal with all life forms, including stray dogs, humanely. Poisoning or shooting them brutalise

— Kushal Roy (@itskushalroy) June 22, 2019

(5/5) is how India should handle the situation, rather than poisoning and murdering all the dogs it could find. @Manekagandhibjp @peta @PetaIndia @bluecrosshyd @TelanganaCMO @IYCTelangana @HydTimes @TOIHyderabad @siddipetcp @INCTelangana @TelanganaDGP @HiHyderabad @UKinHyderabad pic.twitter.com/w5zPSsbxlK

— Kushal Roy (@itskushalroy) June 22, 2019