A resident of Defence Housing Authority (DHA), Karachi Mehak Taherani has accused security officials of the private housing society of shooting dead her pet dog outside her house.
“My puppy was shot dead by DHA outside my house,” said Mehak on Instagram. “Her name was Kobe.”
Sharing details of the incident, Mehak, in a video, said: “My six-month-old dog was shot dead by DHA [police]. She was out doing her business in the morning [when she was shot] even though the guards of my street told the police that this is a house pet. Yet they shot her. Not once, but three times.”
“I don’t understand why this happened or what she did to deserve such a thing,” said a visibly distressed Mehak in the video.
Mehak further said that she will be filling a case against the police of the private housing authority, adding that she does not know how far this case will go.
“The whole street knew her,” shared Mehak. “She slept right outside our house in a dog bed and was extremely friendly with everyone who came by.”
“It is not okay that any agency of anywhere gets to get away with this,” remarked the resident. “I am shocked at the inhumanity in our country and its people. They [dogs] are scared of you, you do not need to feel threatened.”
“What if he was a German Shepherd? Would it have been shot?,” questioned Mehak. “Probably not.”
Soon after the video started doing the rounds on social media, several celebrities including Hania Aamir and Yasir Hussain condemned the brutal killing of the dog.
Sharing Mehak’s video, Hania said: “She’s right. If it was a pure bred dog this would have never happened.”
“Stop killing stray dogs,” she asserted.
Meanwhile, several journalists and social media users also condemned the incident and urged authorities to take notice.
Last week, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) imposed a complete ban on shooting stray dogs in the city.
