On 20th Dec 2020 there was a post regarding a murder of a 3 month old pup who was killed by dog haters of the colony (pic in the post). To read the post kindly go on the link below:
Police and the municipal corporations are the legal custodians of stray dogs in India. The police is to ensure that the dogs are not harmed, relocated and killed. Along with this they are also to see that the caregivers are well protected.
But are they doing their duty? Is the police providing protection to the dogs and their caregivers?
Namrata (M- 9582083246) is a caregiver who along with her mother looks after 5 to 6 stray dogs living in their lane. But they are regularly abused and ridiculed by their own neighbours who hate dogs. It was raining continuously for the past four days in Delhi and it's quite chilly too. Namrata's mother had put some warm sheets for the dogs to sit under the staircase which was a covered area but very soon the sheets were all gone and the neighbours fought very badly with Namrata's mother. They said all kinds of rotten things to her and also broke the water pots and food bowls which were kept for the dogs. The poor dogs had no other option but to sit in a semi covered area with water pouring from one side and making the dogs and their sacks wet. Namrata and her mother kept watching the plight of these dogs helplessly. They also have to watch the dogs being beaten many times by their ruthless neighbours.
Preeti (M-9315751649) another caregiver residing in the same colony has more stories to share. Her neighbours have hounded her, abused her and mentally tortured her for past several years for feeding the dogs of her locality. About two years back a dog had given birth to four pups. Two of them became victims of human cruelty, one was thrown from the rooftop and the other was poisoned. She saw the dead body of both of them the next morning. As she had not seen anybody doing it so she didn't make any police complaint but she suspected that the dog hating families killed the two pups. The same thing happened on 20th Dec 2020. A pup she used to feed was lying dead on the floor (pic in the post). She suspected that the dog hating family may have thrown him from the rooftop but as she had not seen them do it so she is not ready to lodge a complaint against them and moreover she hasn't got much faith in the system. She also recalls how few days back four kittens who were just one week old were poisoned to death.
Namrata, Preeti and many other caregivers residing in this colony are facing hardships which by law they shouldn't be. The caregivers have a right to feed the dogs and the dogs have a right to be fed and taken care of. But is that right being exercised?
The answer is no. The right is only on paper because in reality neither the caregiver is allowed to feed and take care of the dogs nor the dogs are given the right to live and be fed. This situation prevails throughout India.
But this residential colony where Preeti and Namrata stay is an exception to the rest of India. This is a police colony. A colony where the families of employees of Delhi Police live. Namrata's father and Preeti's father work in Delhi Police. If these two girls and their mothers live in constant fear and are harassed and abused by families of employees of Delhi Police then one can imagine what must be the plight of families in non police area.
The police is suppose to provide protection to dogs and their caregivers but if in their own residential colonies they are failing to give protection to dogs, cats and the caregivers then what can be expected in the rest of India.
The million dollar question is that do all the police personnel of India know about animal laws? Do they know that they the street animals cannot be beaten, abused or killed? Are they aware that the caregivers should be protected from people who threaten them and stop them from feeding?
Namrata and Preeti live in Police Colony, Ahata Kisara, Idgah Road, Delhi.
This colony should have been the role model for the rest of Delhi. But instead it's worse than many residential colonies. Hats off to Preeti, Namrata and their mothers who have never given up feeding the dogs inspite of all the harassments, abuses and threats.
It's time the Delhi police and all the other state police of India organize orientation program and workshops for their personnels to apprise them of prevention of cruelty to animals act. They cannot safeguard the interest of the voiceless and the caregivers if they themselves are not aware of it.
If a police and his family are animal abusers then what protection will that police give to the abused animal and his caregiver?
And if dogs and caregivers are not safe in a police colony then where will they be safe??????
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