'Confined' dogs rescued by police: PFA
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, September 13 2015:
Armed with permission from a local court, police personnel along with People for Animals Manipur (PFA) activists on Saturday broke open the locks of a State Government run residential quarter to rescue some confined dogs.
Based on a complaint, PFA came to know that for the last two to three years, an unoccupied quarter inside the DM College, Imphal campus allotted to an Associate Professor of Zoology, DM College had small cages where these dogs were confined.
When the police and PFA arrived, they found that the unoccupied quarter was not taken care of for years and the place was filled with stinky air covered with grasses and creepers.
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It came to light that the Associate Professor who left the premise two or three years back for another residence had not taken the pet dogs along, but used to deliver food for the dogs daily for the past few years, said a press note issued by PFA Managing Trustee L Biswajeet Meitei.
According to Biswajeet, even puppies bred inside the premise died due to various reasons.
The owner of the dogs had been informed by Police personnel and member of PFA not to continue with the way how the pets were being kept as it was illegal as per Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.
Despite the advice, the associate professor continued to rear the dogs the same way and even argued that "feeding is the only necessity of animals." As a last measure, Inspector Ak Santikumar who is the OC of Imphal West PS approached the Court of Judicial Magistrate First Class, Imphal for necessary order.
Magistrate Alek Muivah ordered to rescue the dogs immediately by breaking the locks of the quarter.
Under the police supervision, the gods were rescued with help of members from Manipur Dog Lovers Club.
Later, the rescued dogs were found "mentally and physically unsound due to prolonged captivity and lack of proper feeding and medication." Principal of DM College has also been requested by PFA to take necessary action against the associate professor.
The three rescued dogs are now under the custody of PFA.
Medication and socialisation of the dogs will take a long time.