Their New Year bash went to this dog..

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Today's Mumbai Mirror Page 6. Good work done by PAWS volunteer Siddesh.

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Nilesh Bhanage

" Hands that help are holier than lips that pray. "

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Their New Year bash went to this dog

 

Group of five students from Dombivli cut short their plans for

celebrations at Alibaug to save a puppy, who was about to be sacrificed

in a bizarre ritual by a local woman

 

By Nilesh Nikade

Posted On Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at 02:17:49 AM

While the debate to kill or save our city strays continues, a group of

students from Dombivli clearly know their minds. Five students who were

in Alibaug to bring in the New Year, cut short their trip to save a

three-month-old puppy, who was about to be sacrificed by a local woman

in a bizarre ritual.

 

The students of S H Jondhale Polytechnic in Dombivli had gone to Alibaug

on Monday and had intended to stay there till January 1, 2009. But on

Monday night, while they were taking a walk after dinner, they saw a

woman drag a puppy near Alibaug ST stand.

 

One of the students, Siddhesh Waghode explained what happened. " The

woman, who was in her 40's, was beating the helpless dog with a

stick.Then as we watched, she tied the puppy to a nearby tree. Then

lifting a sharp object, she tried to slit the puppy's throat. However,

we managed to stop her in time, " he said. " But what upset me most were

the bystanders who did nothing to stop her, " added an visibly upset

Siddhesh.

 

As two of them, Abhijit Rathod and Sanjay Rathod, rushed to a nearby

police beat to lodge a complaint, the other three boys, Arvind Upadhyay,

Omprakash Pal and Waghode, held on to the woman.

 

The students then contact Nilesh Bhanage, head of Plants and Animal

Welfare Society (PAWS) to advice them on the situation. Bhanage said, " I

asked them to register a FIR with local police station. The students had

meanwhile, managed to take the puppy to a government Veterinary Clinic

in Alibaug. The puppy received stitches, but is stable now. "

 

Waghode and his friends were busy registering a complaint against woman

till early Tuesday morning. The lady was identified as Hirabai Vishnu

Kale, a local villager. She explained she wanted to sacrifice the puppy

to gain wealth. She was arrested under section 428 and 429 of the Indian

Penal Code (Trying to kill or maim an animal).

 

But determined to stay by the puppy's side, the youngsters took it from

the Government Vaternary clinic in Alibaug and for it admitted to Thane

on Tuesday night. Waghode said, " We have no regret about not celebrating

New Year. We will celebrate with the puppy when it recovers. "