Tag : Pitbulls

Noida: As the videos of dogs from dangerous breeds attacking people are going viral, many owners are now trying to get rid of these dogs kept as pets. Some people are abandoning these dogs in the dead of night. Among them, the maximum number of dogs are German Shepherd and Pitbull breeds. However, these people do not know that action can be taken against them under the Cruelty to Animals Act. In the past, many such videos have gone viral in other areas besides Noida-Greater Noida and Ghaziabad, in which such dogs have made the elderly, delivery boys, and others including children their victims, be it in a lift, a park, or a road. To stop such incidents, the government and administration are trying to ensure that the concerned department should have complete information about the homes where these dangerous dogs are kept. The rules and regulations, which were made earlier, are now being strictly implemented to gather complete information about the vaccination of dogs and their registration. Nine dogs of dangerous breeds abandoned Nine dogs in Noida, considered to be dangerous breeds, were quietly abandoned by their owners outside an NGO in the last 15 days. In the last month, NGO Noida’s ‘House of Stray Animals’ has received more than 200 calls from different corners of the country, where people wanted to leave their dangerous breed dogs at the NGO. The NGO says that it cannot keep so many dogs together because it does not have enough space. That’s why, the NGO through its counselling teams is explaining to the people and saying that if the dogs are properly taken care of, then such incidents will not happen. Sanjay Mohapatra, who started ‘House of Stray Animals’, says that in the last 15 days, nine dogs were tied up outside the ...