Last week, two bitches jointly gave birth to 12 puppies on the premises of Prateek Wisteria in Sector 77 of Noida. The puppies were mercilessly thrown out — separated from their mothers even before they could be a month old.
After getting to know of the incident from certain residents, People for Animals (PFA) member Kaveri Rana Bharadwaj, a resident of Greater Noida, registered an FIR at Sector 49 police station against the AOA secretary of the society, the security agency and even the builder.
According to the complaint, the incident happened on November 19.
In response, Nisha Rai, the secretary, lodged an FIR against Bharadwaj and Pragati Khanna, who had accompanied Bharadwaj on the visit to the society, at the same police station under IPC Sections 289 [negligent conduct with respect to animals] and 506 [punishment for criminal intimidation].
Bharadwaj said, "When the residents informed me about the step taken by the AOA, I was shocked. So, I immediately spoke to the AOA secretary on the matter. She quite conveniently told me that she was just thinking about doing so because of the nuisance the puppies were creating. Later, a member of the society informed me that the puppies had already been thrown out.”
When Bharadwaj and Khanna visited the society area, they found that three of the 12 puppies were missing and the other nine were living on a vacant plot near the society.
"According to Supreme Court guidelines, no one can remove newborn animals from their homes, or separate them from their mother before two months," Bharadwaj explained.
The security guard at the gate, according to Bharadwaj, had admitted to the incident. She also provided video evidence of the conversation with the guard.
