Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Jul 2: An unknown miscreant shot a street dog dead behind a jewellery store at Shivbagh here on the night of Thursday July 1. The incident has come as a shock for the animal lovers.

Head of Animal Care Trust, Suma Ramesh, has filed a complaint in this regard in Kadri police station. Workers of the trust carried the carcass to the veterinary hospital on Jail Road here. Post-mortem was conducted and an air gun pellet was recovered from its body, it is gathered.

Suma Ramesh is livid at the incident. She has demanded for identifying the person who shot the dog dead and to initiate action against him.

In the recent past, two cases of cruelty against animals had been registered in the city. In the first incident, a dog was tired to a motor bike that was then driven away, thus dragging the dog along. This incident took place in April. This video clip of the incident had become viral in the social media, and the police had arrested two.

In the second incident reported on May 22 this year, a puppy that was being raised by a family well, was tied to a motorbike and then dragged away in a violent manner. In this case, Eraiah Basayya Hiremath (45), a native of Kalaburagi, was arrested.

The police are investigating the current incident now.