Last month on 7th February 2020 in Panchkuka (in the state of Haryana) a stray dog was beaten to death. The people responsible for killing the dog were the cleanliness (sanitation) workers of the municipal corporation. The dog was mercilessly beaten by their brooms.
According to them the dog used to attack them. So one day they beat him so badly that he succumbed to his injuries.
It's very clear that the dog was not rabid. He used to attack them because probably these people used to provoke him and in defence he used to attack them.
These people could have easily befriended him but in India no one teaches people to befriend dogs. Dogs are by in large an object of hatred and unfortunately the government too has not taken any steps to create the right kind of awareness towards the man's best friend.
Unfortunately the dog died after few hours and a police complaint was registered against the accused.
Bharat who was the complainant and the person who took the dog to the hospital is an RWA member of that colony.
This is a very rare case because generally it is the RWA members who oppose the feeding of the dogs in their colony. They are often seen fighting with the caregivers and they just do not like dogs.
Wish India had more Bharats in the RWA (Resident welfare association)
To read about the case you may go to the link below:
A thing which comes out very clearly in this incident and in many past incidents which happened in Jind in Haryana where the dogs were mercilessly tied up in an enclosure 6 feet deep and then in Ratlam and Ujjain in the state of Madhya Pradesh where the dogs were killed is that, that the people responsible for the tying and killing were all the employees of the municipal corporation.
Isn't this ironical that the municipal corporations which are suppose to be the legal saviours and guardians of the stray dogs are actually their worst enemies.
How can we expect them to implement the dog rules and the ABC programme when their own employees are unaware of it?
What kind of awareness programmes can they give to the society when their own employees take law into their hands and beat and kill dogs?
We have recently seen that the municipal corporations are working on the idea of making shelter homes for stray dogs to combat their overpopulation.
Well! if the dogs are so unsafe outside then what will it be like inside the shelter?
After all the employees and people taking care of their cleanliness and feeding will be the corporation employees.
We have seen their attitude towards dogs in open. one can well imagine what they will do to the dogs within closed walls.
And just what kind of swachhta abhiyaan is this where the sanitation workers beat the dog to death with the same broom which they use to make the streets of India clean?
Is killing of dogs and starving them to death a part of swachhta abhiyaan?