Saran Police Register FIR for Wilful Execution of Four Puppies Using High-Voltage Electric Fencing

After learning from a community animal caregiver that high-voltage electric fencing installed by a neighbour in Chapra was allegedly used to intentionally kill four puppies via electrocution, PETA India worked with the puppies’ caregiver, Sushil Kumar Singh, to have a first information report (FIR) registered. The FIR was registered by Ekma Police Station under Section 325 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. It has been alleged that the neighbour, due to their dislike for dogs, installed the high-voltage electric fencing specifically to get rid of the animals in this cruel manner and had in the past threatened the caregiver for feeding community dogs.

Rule 11(19) of the Animal Birth Control Rules, 2023, permits the capture of community dogs only for the purpose of sterilisation and makes it illegal to relocate community animals. It states, “The dogs shall be released [after sterilisation] at the same place or locality from where they were captured.”

PETA India recommends that perpetrators of animal abuse undergo psychiatric evaluation and receive counselling, as abusing animals indicates deep psychological disturbance. Research shows that people who commit acts of cruelty to animals are often repeat offenders who move on to hurting other animals, including humans. A study published in Forensic Research & Criminology International Journal states, “Those who engage in animal cruelty were [three] times more likely to commit other crimes, including murder, rape, robbery, assault, harassment, threats, and drug/substance abuse.”

Community dogs are often subjected to human cruelty or struck by cars and commonly suffer from starvation, disease, or injury. Every year, many end up in animal shelters, where they languish in cages or kennels for lack of enough good homes. The solution is simple: sterilisation. Sterilising one female dog can prevent 67,000 births over six years, and sterilising one female cat can prevent 420,000 births over seven years.