Tag: Animal Cruelty

  • Landlord allegedly broke legs of three goats

    Landlord allegedly broke legs of three goats

    A landlord from 26 WB, a village on the outskirts of Vihari in South Punjab, broke the legs of three goats after they entered his fields.

    The three pet goats belonged to Mohammad Aslam Tawari, who reported to Jang News that the landlord was angered by their intrusion and threw bricks at the goats, injuring them.

    Tawari took the injured goats to the Sadar police station, where they were subsequently sent to the veterinary hospital for treatment.

    The Police have stated that a medical docket (a request for injury documentation for the government hospital) was issued for the broken legs of the goats.

    Medical aid is being provided to the injured goats, and a case will be registered once the medical report is received.

  • Outrage as landlord amputates donkey’s legs for drinking water in Muzaffargarh

    Outrage as landlord amputates donkey’s legs for drinking water in Muzaffargarh

    A local landlord in Tehsil Jatoi of Muzaffargarh amputated two legs of a donkey that had entered his fields to drink water. The man has been identified as Sajjad Hussain.

    The incident occurred in the Mouza Rampur area of Jatoi Tehsil. Following a complaint by the donkey’s owner, Bashir Ahmed, the police registered a case at the Jatoi police station and promptly arrested Sajjad Hussain. The injured donkey received medical aid from the Livestock Department.

    The incident has sparked widespread condemnation and calls for justice from local communities and animal rights activists.

  • Man cuts buffalo’s tongue for eating his fodder

    Man cuts buffalo’s tongue for eating his fodder

    An owner of a loader rickshaw cut off a buffalo’s tongue for eating fodder from his rickshaw, reports Geo.

    The incident took place on July 15 in a village near Shahpur City. The culprit has been identified as Bilal.

    As per the details shared by the police, Bilal was putting fodder in his loader rickshaw when a buffalo started eating it. He got enraged and cut its tongue off.
    A case has been registered against the suspect at the request of the buffalo owner. Bilal has been arrested. Meanwhile, DPO Sargodha has ordered an investigation and sought a report.

    The Livestock Department also conducted a medical examination of the buffalo, which confirmed that its tongue had been bitten.

  • Landlord arrested for injuring donkey with axe in Sargodha

    Landlord arrested for injuring donkey with axe in Sargodha

    A landlord injured a donkey in Sargodha after wielding it with an axe.

    According to the police, the donkey entered the fields of Zemindar Mehboob Nawaz in Tarkhanwala village near Sargodha.

    Upon notification by DPO Dr. Asad Ejaz, Chokki Faruka police took immediate action and arrested the accused.

    Police report that the injured donkey has been transferred to the Livestock Hospital and has been bandaged.

  • Dead camel, with all four legs amputated, found in Umarkot

    A dead camel, with all four legs amputated, was found near Kunari Tehsil in Umarkot District of Sindh Province. According to the owner, Abdul Rasheed Kapri, the camel had been ill for some time and had gone to graze with other camels yesterday.

    The incident came to light in the morning after villagers found the remains of the animal. It remains unclear whether the camel’s legs were amputated while it was alive or after its death.

    The owner of the camel stated that he does not wish to accuse anyone but is investigating the incident. So far, the owner has not informed the police about the incident.

    This is the second incident of camel leg amputation reported in Sindh within a few days.

    Recently, another camel in Sanghar had its leg amputated but has since received treatment and is now able to stand with an artificial leg.

  • Camel whose leg was amputated by feudal stands up

    Camel whose leg was amputated by feudal stands up

    The female camel who became the center of outrage in the country after her leg was amputated by an irate feudal landlord in Sanghar has been given support to stand up, Jang has reported.

    According to the management of the animal shelter treating the camel, she is still under care. An artificial limb has been provided for her support.

    In June, the female camel was brought from Sanghar to Karachi after a landlord chopped off her leg for trespassing on his land.

    Legal action was initiated following the circulation of videos related to the incident on social media.

    The management of the facility expressed gratitude to the artificial limb manufacturing company for their cooperation with the Department of Livestock and Robotics.

  • Animal cruelty: Donkey’s ears chopped off in Rawalpindi district

    Animal cruelty: Donkey’s ears chopped off in Rawalpindi district

    In yet another case of animal cruelty in Pakistan, a donkey’s ears were cut off in a village in Rawalpindi district due to a longstanding dispute between two families.

    According to the First Information Report (FIR), Tanveer Hussain, who is a resident of Dhakala Dakkhana, Saagri, let his donkey loose on his fields however in an unusual occurrence the animal did not return as it does normally.

    When Tanveer went to look for his animal, he found the donkey in an injured condition with its ears severed.

    Police have stated that ongoing land disputes between the parties had resulted in a decades-long enmity.

    The case marks the second reported incident of animal torture in recent days. In an earlier case, a feudal landlord chopped off a camel’s leg as punishment for foraging in his field in Sanghar, Sindh.

  • French couple sentenced for keeping 159 cats, seven dogs

    French couple sentenced for keeping 159 cats, seven dogs

    A French couple has been given a one-year suspended sentence for keeping dozens of animals in closed spaces in a case pertaining to animal cruelty.

    The couple occupied an 80 square meter (861 square foot) apartment with 159 cats and seven dogs, as per BBC.

    The judge ruled that the couple had not given the animals proper care. The investigation found animals living in filth, many of them malnourished, dehydrated, or parasite-infected.

    The owners are a 68-year-old woman and a 52-year-old man, both of whom were banned from owning pets. They were ordered to pay more than €150,000 (£128,000) to animal rights’ charities and civil parties.

    When police broke up a fight at the couple’s apartment last year, they found each room contained numerous animals.

    Authorities also reported animal waste everywhere in the apartment.

    Due to their poor health, some dogs and cats later passed away. In a washroom, investigators discovered the bodies of two dogs and at least two cats.

    The apartment’s owner testified in court that although the animals were “the love of her life,” she had “screwed up.”

    It appears that in 2018, she moved in with her parents’ three dogs and three cats before bringing about thirty cats from an abandoned building to her apartment. After that, the animals procreated.

    The woman claimed that she would have felt like an “abandoned person for abandoning [the animals].”

    This condition is called Noah’s syndrome. It is a psychological need to save animals even when one is unable to do so, according to a psychiatric evaluation.

    An 18-month prison sentence was what the prosecution had asked for.

    In 2014, the couple was already under investigation for residing in an 18-square-meter studio with a dog and thirteen cats.

  • Historic first: man booked for torturing birds

    For the first time, a case has been registered against a man in Lahore for keeping birds hungry and thirsty.

    According to the police, a case of animal cruelty has been registered in Township police station.

    Incharge Police Animal Rescue Center, Aroosa Hussain, has said that Shakeel kept birds on a rooftop, however, they were found starving and thirsty.

    There were bones and remains of dead animals on the roof which the hungry birds were forced to eat.

    The police have rescued eight partridges, 12 chickens and two ducks. The birds were then transferred to the Police Animal Rescue Center.

  • Sri Lanka is not sending elephants to Pakistan

    Sri Lanka’s High Commission in Pakistan has denied reports that the island nation plans to give two elephants to the country.

    Media reports had stated last week that Sri Lanka was gifting two elephants to Pakistan, after the demise of the Karachi Zoo’s Tanzanian elephant Noor Jehan. The pachyderm died after a very public battle with illness exacerbated by neglect from Zoo officials.

    The news was met with backlash from Pakistani social media users, including celebrities like Nadia Jamil, who took to Twitter to condemn the possibility, pointing out that Pakistan had no proper policy about the well-being and care of Zoo animals, which had led to Noor Jehan’s death.

    However, a tweet posted by the Sri Lankan High Commission has put the rumors to rest.

    “Sri Lanka has not taken action or discussed in providing Elephants to the Zoo’s in Karachi or Lahore, neither Government of Pakistan has made any such request. This post indicate the correct position in view of certain articles in media and discussions on going on social media.”

    The post did clarify that there was some truth to the claims, because the Sri Lankan Honorary Counsel in Lahore Yasin Joyia, had discussed the possibility of providing elephants to Pakistan, but he did not hold any authority to execute such decisions.