PETITION
Barbaric Killing of dogs with a poisonous substance.
I came here over 7 years ago on holiday and was very upset by
incidents that happened while I was here. The dogs were being poisoned
on a nightly basis,and the situation was very bad .
We are doing the animal birth contol and anti rabies progamme (abc/ar)
sterilising and vacinating against rabies and returning to where they were found
.
As a result situation on the beach and surrounding area is fine,and in the main
the dogs are looked after and happy and are rabies free.
The corporation of Trivandrum (The equivalent of the city council in the
city of Trivandrum) asked us about 4 years ago to teach them the abc/ar progamme.
They used all our facilities and after sterilising only 50 dogs they then killed
dogs instead. There was a change of Government and in Sept 2005 the mayor and
Chief Vet came to us and asked us again to teach them the abc/ar programme,
I was very cautious but my vet, who is a local man, seemed convinced that
this time the programme would be implimented.
We taught 27 of their men the whole programme from start to finish,after
the teaching was completed they went straight out and killed hundreds of our
sterilised dogs and the killing still goes on . This is illegal by Indian law
.
The dogs are kept with no water or food for hours in the sun and
then killed at the side of the road with no vet present [possibly cynanide]
any dog which does not die quickly is hit with a shovel ,or may be buried alive.
Please sign this petition
The situation in Trivandrum, the main city from here,is terrible.
Regards, Avis