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Local dog lovers have filed a police complaint, alleging the animals, most of whom were vaccinated and fed regularly by the residents, were deliberately poisoned.
Five of the 18 dogs were taken to the Friendicoes animal shelter and hospital and are currently under treatment. The symptoms, claim those taking care of the dogs, clearly point to poisoning. The dogs were vomiting throughout. One is still critical. They appear to have been fed food with poison in it. One dog has been sent for autopsy, said Tandrali Kuli of Friendicoes.
Residents who look after the dogs in the colony say they have been constantly harassed and ridiculed for feeding them. A resident once stopped my car and threatened me. My servants have been beaten up for doing the same. This, despite the dogs being inoculated and having never bitten anyone, a resident said.
Sumita Mehta, another resident, said, I have been repeatedly asked to stop feeding the dogs. I feel the colony is safer when there are dogs to guard us. Due to their presence, no monkeys come to the area anymore to bother us.
As per the first ever dog census conducted in the city, Nizamuddin East is among the better off areas with regard to the dog population and sterilisation.
We found 58 dogs in the whole colony, of which 50 were sterilised. This is a very good ratio, Kuli said.
The dog census also found that only 27 percent of pups make it to adulthood in the city.
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During my recent visit to India I found that dog population has decreased substantially, may be mainly because of sterilization, disease and road accidents. It is good to feed stray dogs, but it is sublime to take care of their health and safety. Is it not nice if we see there are no stray animals on roads? I know many people in Delhi died of accidents especially at night on roads because of stray dogs.
Surjit, Prasad and Payal - I think you're all idiots. I hope someone poisons you all.
Stray dogs are nor pets but a nuisance and a threat to legitimate people. Those that feed them need to keep them in their homes, vaccinate them and take care fo them day and night. otherwise they are demmed stray and should be exterminated by govt; if govt does not do teh job, peopel are free to exterminate them.
Only good human beings are legitimate people and legitimate people will not harm any living being simply because they imagine that it is a nuisance. Stray dogs are no nuisance until they are disturbed and noone has a right to exterminate another living being unless it is a threat to their existence. We have creatures of animal instincts in the form of human beings in our society who are a real threat to civilized existence. But we are unable to do anything about them and wish to exterminate these poor animals because they have no voice or simply because we dislike them. Let us follow the principle of Live and Let Live.
In parts of Australia "Poison 1080" (sodium mono-fluro-acetate) is legally used by the government agencies to control feral animals including wild cats, dogs, foxes and rabbits. In a civilized society, one can not feed 'pets' and leave them to roam the public paces. If indeed those are pets they shall be on leash when in public places. If they are not on leash, then they are pests (not pets) and the pests shall be eradicated in the name of public health.The reason why I am poking my long nose in your affairs is that ocassionally I visit Nizamuddin.
Poisoning dogs is not a solution to a problem in the same manner as misreporting is not a profession to be admmired. While the law should take its course and get to the bottom of the deaths of the dogs, Indian Express should do a honest rebuttal of the above report which is blatantly wrong. Contrary to your report stray dogs have bitten children, servants of the locality, dhobis and sweapers not to mention smaller pet dogs and visitors to the colony. Journalism is a respected profession and it becomes imperative for people working in a newspaper of repute not to print wrong and misleading information that given the incorrect picture on any happening in the town. In case there are people who have problems with the stray dogs which your report mentions, then it should have been proper to speak to them and get their views on the subject. Can we hope for a newspaper like Indian Express to support the implementation of the law and uphold the norms of unbaised journalism ? We are waiting