Three malnourished dogs suffering from severe skin infections and ill health were on Friday taken from the IIT-Madras campus to a private clinic for treatment. The development comes amid several reports outlining the pathetic condition of stray dogs in the prestigious educational campus. A local animal rights activist had earlier filed a complaint in the matter.
The three dogs were taken to a private clinic in RA Puram, Chennai. news minutes informed of. According to the photos shared in the report, the dogs were in poor condition, with bones sticking out, and were barely able to stand on their feet.
The clinic’s veterinarians examined all three dogs and found that they had sunken eyes and were anemic. Medical reports suggested the dogs had been ‘off food for too long’ and were dehydrated.
Importantly, the clinic’s veterinarians noted that the dogs have no history of vaccination or deworming, which was cited by the IIT-M management as the primary reason for the capture of stray dogs on the campus in October 2020.
Veterinarians found all three dogs to be in poor health, stating that two dogs have been placed in intensive care. Meanwhile, a Chennai-based NGO has adopted a third dog infected with sarcoptic mites, which cause severe itching.
When the veterinarians at the clinic tried to feed the dogs, they refused. He claimed that the dogs ate little only after being persuaded and hand-fed, by the report news minutes where did it go.
The report quoted a source as saying that apart from these three dogs, there were about ten dogs in similar conditions during the establishment of the IIT-M Management for Dogs.
a report by The Times of India had said that at least 45 dogs died after being locked in some ‘enclosures’ by the IIT Madras administration. Following the deaths, Bangalore-based animal activist Harish filed a police complaint against IIT-M registrar Jan Prasad and others.
The IIT-M registrar had denied the allegations and said that the Madras High Court was hearing a related matter and was passing orders to the Animal Welfare Board of India, Animal Husbandry Department and Greater Chennai Corporation, apart from the petitioner.
Officials from the Commissioner of Police’s office confirmed the receipt of the complaint and said that it would now be sent to Kotturpuram police for further investigation. An official of the Kotturpuram police station said a preliminary inquiry would be conducted and an FIR would be registered.
According to the complaint, which was addressed to the city police commissioner and Mylapore deputy commissioner of police, animal activist Harish KB claimed that the registrar and management were responsible for illegally capturing 186 healthy stray dogs and keeping them in cages and chains. Were. IIT-M campus from October 4, 2020.
Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramaniam had earlier inspected the ‘dog park’ set up on the IIT-M campus. During the inspection, the management admitted that around 57 dogs had died, which was 30 per cent of the population confined inside the dog enclosure. The IIT-M administration also informed the minister that 29 dogs were released for adoption, 14 dogs were released on campus, and there are 87 dogs in the dog enclosure at present. Since October 2020, 185 dogs have been caught.
Health Minister Subramaniam had directed IIT-M to submit a detailed report on the 29 dogs that were put up for adoption.
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