The killing of dogs has begun again despite having been
made illegal by
the Indian Government. In August 2006 The Trivandrum corporation promised to
set up
an animal birth control programme (ABC)
Their 'dog catchers' were trained by ARK, and their vets trained
by our Doctor Arun to perform 'keyhole' surgery.
Instead they have rounded up around 850 dogs and killed them.
Some of these dogs were pets that the owners agreed to have steralised, but
have never been returned,
others were dogs that had been steralised by ARK.
Two representatives of ARK went to Peta in Trivandrum at 10 am,Monday 18th
December 2006. Peta is where the local government "sterilisation"
clinic is situated. They followed one of the vehicles supposedly used to collect
dogs for sterilisation. The vehicle at the time was full of dogs. It was followed
to the airport area where two dogs were unloaded, one of which was wearing a
collar. The men injected the dogs with something which killed them, and then
proceeded to bury them. Our representatives then went and spoke to the men who
said that they were taking the other dogs to PMG Hospital, an animal hospital
where the Trivandrum local government is supposed to have kennels to keep dogs
before and after steralisation at Peta. Our representatives followed them and
from a nearby balcony were able to observe them putting the dogs into kennels.
At 6 pm, the same evening our representatives returned to the hospital and were
able to slip around to the kennels without being noticed. They found that the
kennels were in perfect condition and had only been used to house the dogs from
that morning. The dogs were still there but there was not any food or water
and no evidence of there having been any all day. One of our people threw cups
of water in and the dogs were trying to lick it off of the floor.
At 7pm, the same evening the dogs were loaded back into a vehicle and were taken
back to the airport area where they were all injected with a lethal subtance
and then buried. The following pictures are of these dogs who were dug up and
photograghed for evidence.
The following page contains images that you may find disturbing
ARK works mainly in the Kovalam area and have the support and backing of the local authorities there. Dogs in that area are safe. We have been trying for several years to obtain the support and backing of the Trivandrum local government for the ABC program, but have been steralising in parts of Trivandrum in any case.
Many of the dogs killed were steralised by ARK and the Trivandrum authorities were fully aware of this.
Please sign the Petition so that we can present it to the Government in Kerala.