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Srinagar: A complaint has been filed with the Cyber Police against the abuse and exploitation of abandoned horses in the valley. The complaint was filed by the NGO, Animal Rescue Kashmir (ARK), which claimed to have sufficient evidence terminating instances of animal cruelty in Ganderbal, Kupwara and other regions in Kashmir.
In an interview with eTV Bharat, the organization director, Dawood Mohammad stated that although they did not submit an FIR, they did submit a higher level complaint to the Cyber Police in hopes of them taking action against the animal cruelty that continues to occur in Kashmir.
Mohammad further claimed that, “The majority of the persons who perpetrate this act are children. This is very concerning, as we have asked Cyber Police for intervention, but these children are likely to be posting influenced videos with harsher abuse upon horses instead."
Unless the authorities take action against recreational abuse of horses without protection or proper care, Mohamad claims that ARK will have no choice but to file against him suggesting something more severe. In the letter, he sent to the cyber police, he provided details about how animal torture and violence is recorded and disseminated on social media.
People are posting videos of themselves riding neglected horses, which is a form of animal cruelty. These boys attempting to ride the horses are NYLON STRINGS which control over the horse’s mouth. This is extremely painful,” he said.
The refresher recalled that the horses, when not ridden, are often kept tied up with their legs bound and are deprived of food and water for a long time. Most of the youth who are captured in the videos and pictures are also performing stunts over the animals which most of the time leads to injuries on the animal’s body.
He explained saying, “There are cases that have been reported where the horses have met with accidents either out of these stunts or when they are captured while trying to escape. And in all of these cases they have further greater injuries.”
He argued that in 1960 under the prevention of cruelty, such actions were illegal and inappropriate. Social networking platforms have community regulations which promote such actions to be punisheds.
Dawood instructed that there should be an ordered investigation into the matter, immediately look for and rescue the horses that are abused and remove the videos from social media. Dawood also confirmed that he have also sent the documents to the cyber police so they can act further on it.
In his opinion, numerous horse owners seem to leave these horses behind during the extreme cold winter season to cut down on costs for feeding and shelter. These abandoned horses are often easy targets for maltreatment.
“Because of the excessive abuse, we have discovered some injured horses and few of them were found bleeding. We cannot idly watch these helpless creatures suffer,” he said.
