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In a caller incidental of stray canine killings, astir 200 canines were allegedly killed successful Telangana’s Kamareddy district, taking the toll to astir 500 successful the past 1 week, constabulary said connected Tuesday (January 12, 2026).
Sources from villages said (some) elected representatives, including Sarpanches, allegedly carried retired the killings to "fulfill promises made to villagers" during the caller Gram Panchayat elections to tackle the stray canine menace.
The Police said a lawsuit has been registered against six persons, including 5 colony sarpanches, for their alleged engagement successful the incident.
Earlier, constabulary successful Hanamkonda territory had booked 9 persons, including 2 women sarpanches and their husbands, successful transportation with the alleged sidesplitting of astir 300 stray dogs successful Shayampet and Arepally villages.
"Ahead of the Gram Panchayat elections held successful December past year, immoderate candidates promised villagers they would tackle the stray canine and monkey menace. They are present allegedly ‘fulfilling’ those promises by sidesplitting stray dogs," sources said.
The carcasses were buried connected the outskirts of villages, constabulary said, adding that veterinary teams exhumed the bodies and conducted post-mortem examinations.
Viscera samples were sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory to find the nonstop origin of decease and the benignant of poison used, a elder constabulary authoritative told PTI. Notices were issued to the accused, the Police said.
Animal payment activistic Adulapuram Goutham, successful a ailment lodged astatine Machareddy constabulary presumption connected Monday, said helium received accusation that astir 200 stray dogs were killed implicit the past 2 to 3 days successful 5 villages of Palwancha mandal successful Kamareddy district.
He alleged the killings were carried retired astatine the behest of the Sarpanches of the 5 villages, who reportedly hired a idiosyncratic to administer poisonous injections.
Mr. Goutham said helium visited Bhavanipet village, wherever helium recovered canine carcasses dumped, and aboriginal learnt that akin acts of cruelty had taken spot successful Palwancha, Faridpet, Wadi and Bandarameshwarapally villages.
Based connected the complaint, constabulary registered a lawsuit nether applicable sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act against six persons, including the 5 sarpanches, a Kamareddy constabulary authoritative said.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court connected Tuesday said it would see directing States to wage "heavy compensation" for dog-bite incidents and clasp canine feeders accountable, expressing interest implicit the deficiency of implementation of norms related to stray animals implicit the past 5 years.
