It looks as if India is waging a war against helpless animals. Tigresses are being gunned down, elephants are being run over by trucks, human beings are being lynched and now small puppies are being put on fire.

In an inhumane incident, four pups were set ablaze in the city of Hyderabad while they were sleeping in garbage dumps, PTI reported. The gruesome incident which took place in the city’s Moula Ali suburb was carried out by unidentified culprits.

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While three puppies were charred to death, one of them is battling for its life. The quint reported that after the brutal killings were brought to light, a resident alerted the members of an animal welfare organisation, the People for Animals (PFA).

Reportedly, a whatsapp video of the incident had also gone viral where the mother dog could be seen crying at the sight of burnt puppies. A member of PFA, TV Siva lodged an FIR with the police at the Kushaiguda police station. The Times Now reported that a man named Laxminarayana, a resident of Ganesh Nagar in Kapra informed the animal welfare organisation.

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The complaint read that anti-social elements of the society had put the four puppies on fire and threw them to burn in an open plot in Ganesh Nagar. The police have been requested to find out the perpetrators behind this deadly act through CCTV cameras.

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The PFA volunteer has called for stringent punishment against this act and has called it illegal and unconstitutional under section 11(1) A of the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals act, 1960 and IPC 429.

Stray dogs live in miserable conditions in India. They are often beaten, thrown from rooftops or mutilated by miscreants who often carry out such activities “just for fun” or for their own pleasure. Lack of sympathy towards them, illiteracy and common sense, mostly in rural parts of India result in these barbaric acts.

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