PAWS - Animal rights group saves injured horse at Turbhe

September 15, 2009

Animal rights group saves injured horse at TurbheVijay Singh, TNN 15

September 2009, 04:14am IST

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NAVI MUMBAI: A weak and injured horse that was being used to pull a tonga on

the busy Sion-Panvel Road was rescued by an animal rights group at Turbhe on

Monday.

The white horse, which was kept in the custody of the Turbhe police after it

was rescued, had several injury marks on its body as a result of it being

abused by its driver.

The police have booked the tonga driver, G Jaiswal, under Section 11 of the

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.

Animal activist Manasi Bhanage of the Thane unit of Plant and Animals

Welfare Society (PAWS) told TOI: " We had got a call from one of our

volunteers in Navi Mumbai, informing us that this poor horse which could

barely walk was being made to drag a tonga that was going all the way to

south Mumbai. We immediately intercepted it and helped the animal which was

in visible pain.''

A police case was registered. The PAWS team found out that the tonga was

being taken to Nariman Point where its owner resides.

" The horse was rescued in the nick of time or it could have sustained

permanent damage to its legs. It will later be sent to the Bombay Society

for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BSPCA) in Panvel,'' she said.

If you see an animal in distress, call PAWS on 9820161114 (Thane)

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Nilesh Bhanage

+91 9920777536

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