Honorable Officials of Greater Hyderabad and the Government of India:

I am deeply troubled by images of dogs at pounds managed by Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). I call upon your mercy. Please initiate meaningful reforms for the animals under your guardianship.

Specifically, I ask you to investigate veterinarians, pound managers and staff at Amberpet Dog Pound, Autonagar Dog Pound, Jeedimatla Dog Pound, Patancheruvu Dog Pound and Zumerath Bazaar Dog Pound. Despite ongoing complaints from local animal advocates and former volunteers, dead dogs rot among the living in filthy enclosures. Ten to fifteen dogs are packed into small cages, without food, water or space to move. Ravenous dogs feed on corpses. Parvo, canine corona, distemper and other deadly viruses are epidemic. Nearly every dog is infected, as evidenced by bloody stools and urine throughout the pounds.

I understand that unqualified staff neuter dogs, leaving animals with intestines and blood oozing out post-surgery. Euthanasia rates are inordinately high at these facilities, where even starved dogs are destroyed if they fight for food. It seems that staff rely upon euthanasia as a form of veterinary care for injured or sick animals.

Ultimately, very few dogs leave the pounds alive. Pedigreed dogs are captured for resale to breeders. Even pigs and primates wind up at some pounds. The pigs are marketed to pork retailers, while monkeys are sold to laboratories for experimentation. Like the dogs, they suffer intensive confinement, starvation and disease.

I urge accountability for these actions and for misappropriation of taxpayer money for construction, maintenance, food and medicine. It seems that money is allocated for staff income and not much else.

Hyderabad pounds must be overhauled or shut down altogether. If facilities are unable to comply with modern animal welfare standards, ABC (Animal Birth Control) Programs ought to be implemented in their place. A system of humane capture, neuter and release (to their original habitat) better serves laws of India, which define pounds as illegal and that no dog can be killed, dislocated or removed from original habitat.

I respectfully ask local governance, in coordination with regulatory boards and animal welfare experts, to transform Hyderabad pounds into humane ABC Units. Please hold current pound staff accountable for animal cruelty crimes and punish them to the full extent allowed by law.

The world is now witness to these atrocities.

Sincerely,

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Mrs. Banda Karthika Chandra Reddy Mayor of Hyderabad Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation GHMC Head Office, Tankbund Road Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh 500007 INDIA ph: 23227958 / 23262266 / 23220430 cell: +91 9652936333 fax: +914023261262 email: mayor@ghmc.gov.in SOURCE: www.facebook.com/BandaKarthikaReddy ghmc.gov.in/mch/keycontacts.asp? status=13 Sri. M.T.Krishna Babu, I.A.S Commissioner of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation GHMC Head Office, Tankbund Road Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh 500007 INDIA ph: (08562) 244301 / 24467 / 244168 fax: (08562) 244302 / 040-23260050 email: commissioner@ghmc.gov.in tirumala@ias.nic.in SOURCE: ghmc.gov.in/mch/keycontacts.asp? status=1 www.portal.ap.gov.in/Lists/District...View.aspx http://persmin.gov.in/civillist...01/01/2011 aponline.gov.in/apportal/departments...Key%20Contacts www.babukhaninfoguide.org ik_ap_List_of_District...Contact_Numbers.shtml Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Dr. R.M. Kharb AVSM Chairman of Animal Welfare Board of India Ministry of Environment and Forests Animal Welfare Board of India 13/1, Third Seaward Road, Valmiki Nagar Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 041 INDIA ph: 044-24454935 / 24454958 cell: +91 9652936333 fax: 044-24454330 email: awbi@md3.vsnl.net.in animalwelfareboard@gmail.com SOURCE: www.awbi.org/awbi- pdf/hawoeng.pdf www.awbi.org/? q=contact

Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Dr. R.M. Kharb AVSM Chairman of Animal Welfare Board of India Ministry of Environment and Forests Animal Welfare Board of India Camp Office at Gurgaon 3767, Sector 23 Gurgaon, Haryana 122 017 INDIA ph: 0124-4105664 cell: +91 9652936333 fax: 044-24454330 email: rmkawbi@yahoo.co.in SOURCE: www.awbi.org/? q=node/5 Sri Y. Rajasekhar Reddy Chief Minister, Govt of Andhra Pradesh Chief Ministers Office 6th Floor C Block AP Secretariat Begumpet, Opp Grand Kakatiya Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh INDIA ph: 23456698 / 23452933 / 23455205 / 23410333 fax: 040-23452498 email: cmap@ap.gov.in cmap@ap.nic.in SOURCE: http://cm.ap.gov.in facebook.com/CMofAP? sk=wall#!/CMofAP?sk=info Amala Akkineni Founder, Blue Cross of Hyderabad Blue Cross of Hyderabad 403/9, Road No. 35, Jubilee Hills Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh 500033 INDIA ph: +91 - 40 3298 9858 / 2354 4355 / 5523 email: a.akkineni@gmail.com bluecrosshyd@gmail.com SOURCE: www.bluecrosshyd.in/contact-us.php

Your own voice makes more impact. Try to change some words in letter. Subject: Salutation: I am deeply troubled by images of dogs at pounds managed by Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). I call upon your mercy. Please initiate meaningful reforms for the animals under your guardianship. Specifically, I ask you to investigate veterinarians, pound managers and staff at Amberpet Dog Pound, Autonagar Dog Pound, Jeedimatla Dog Pound, Patancheruvu Dog Pound and Zumerath Bazaar Dog Pound. Despite ongoing complaints from local animal advocates and former volunteers, dead dogs rot among the living in filthy enclosures. Ten to fifteen dogs are packed into small cages, without food, water or space to move. Ravenous dogs feed on corpses. Parvo, canine corona, distemper and other deadly viruses are epidemic. Nearly every dog is infected, as evidenced by bloody stools and urine throughout the pounds. I understand that unqualified staff neuter dogs, leaving animals with intestines and blood oozing out post-surgery. Euthanasia rates are inordinately high at these facilities, where even starved dogs are destroyed if they fight for food. It seems that staff rely upon euthanasia as a form of veterinary care for injured or sick animals. Ultimately, very few dogs leave the pounds alive. Pedigreed dogs are captured for resale to breeders. Even pigs and primates wind up at some pounds. The pigs are marketed to pork retailers, while monkeys are sold to laboratories for experimentation. Like the dogs, they suffer intensive confinement, starvation and disease. I urge accountability for these actions and for misappropriation of taxpayer money for construction, maintenance, food and medicine. It seems that money is allocated for staff income and not much else. Hyderabad pounds must be overhauled or shut down altogether. If facilities are unable to comply with modern animal welfare standards, ABC (Animal Birth Control) Programs ought to be implemented in their place. A system of humane capture, neuter and release (to their original habitat) better serves laws of India, which define pounds as illegal and that no dog can be killed, dislocated or removed from original habitat. I respectfully ask local governance, in coordination with regulatory boards and animal welfare experts, to transform Hyderabad pounds into humane ABC Units. Please hold current pound staff accountable for animal cruelty crimes and punish them to the full extent allowed by law. The world is now witness to these atrocities. Sincerely,

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