Investigation & Analysis Category

  This is an investigation report on the alleged entry and killing of 4 chinkaras by 2 stray dogs in New Delhi Zoological Gardens. Following the newspaper report in the Times of India, Kanishka Sharma, Himanshu Malhotra and Prof. Sonya Ghosh (hereinafter The Team) reached the Delhi zoo premises to do a preliminary investigation into the incident on 5th January 2012. The report is in 2 parts – Part 1 is a summary of the findings and the relevant law in place Part 2 is a detailed analysis and comparoRead More

The locked out building has dogs in every room. Without people, food or water.Read More

Have a look at the insides of AWS Ambernath. Stray dog’s pain & torture brought to you in Thane/ Navi Mumbai by AWS sponsored by BMC.Read More

On 22 Dec 2011 Satyajit Burman along with the Municipal officer visited the ABC center in Ambernath (Thane- Maharashtra). The center was alloted to Dr Nirmal Patil (Animal Welfare Society) under supervision of Ambernath Muncipal Council. These are the shocking findings: Expired medicines, injections and IV’s were being usedRead More

AWS ran the infrastructure and all the ‘ABC Packages’ (package) that Bangalore is divided into, till The Voice of Stray Dogs started unearthing the horrible conditions of the AWS ABC program which led to it being disqualified and a court order issued. To our great surprise AWS facility remained operational and BBMP was quick to point out that this was actually not AWS but Dr Srinivasalu who was awarded Package 10. No-one in Bangalore, those working in animal welfare included, ever knew that. This is the context of a 2Read More

This video was shot on 13 Dec 2011 following the inspection on 6 Dec 2011 of the illegal AWS operation. The video clearly shows: Completely illegal ABC operation in progress under the aegis of the BBMP Small pups about 2 months being operated Incorrect tagging on almost all dogs – forget location even the sex, color and weight are not correct No weighing for dogs brought in at all – all medication is by ‘estimation’ of a driver/ worker/ helpful Other areas being raided to complete ‘quota’ for ABC surgeryRead More

Following the investigation on AWS’s operations in Bangalore and reporting to the relevant Government authorities AWS was blacklisted by AWBI in Sept 2011 and BBMP was asked to make them stop doing ABC surgery. Essentially AWS should not have been operating in Bangalore at all – but guess what we found out on our visit on 6 Dec whilst an Andhra Pradesh High Court order was in effect that AWS can’t do any ABC surgery – they were working with no change at all! NB: This video was made on 6th DecRead More

Kerala is still killing stray dogs, against the law Since British times, Municipal Corporations (equivalent of a City Council) through acts in local cities or states municipalities were allowed to capture and kill stray animals, including dogs, as a method of population and rabies control. In 2001 however with an act of Parliament the law changed. The Animal Birth Control (Dogs) Rules, 2001, were enacted by Parliament under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960; and these envisage that in order to control street dog population, and to control the threat ofRead More

[NB: Watch the picture gallery and the video insert at the bottom of this report] Gauri Maulekhi is Member Secretary, People for Animals (PFA) Uttarakhand & Co-opted Member, Animal Welfare Board of India. People for Animals (PFA), headed by Smt Maneka Gandhi, is India’s largest animal welfare organization with a nationwide network of 26 hospitals & 165 units. PFA works to rescue and rehabilitate sick and needy animals & campaigns against cruelty towards animals and educate the masses to increase awareness about animal rights.                     Read More

There have been many articles we’ve put together analyzing how Bangalore’s ABC is 1st grade program made 2nd grade by ineffective and lax BBMP management & politically motivated issues including land grabbing, garbage disposal and media reporting [Search on ABC effectiveness, garbage, land on this website of find relevant reports] Recently BBMP is on record saying that they are impleading in the Supreme Court asking for dogs to be put down, albeit selectively! [Read the news paper article and see The Voice of Stray Dogs message on this impleadment]  However there isRead More