(IN) Owner of injured horse lets it bleed so he can claim compensation

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Owner of injured horse lets it bleed so he can claim compensation

 

He refused to let NGO take the animal for treatment, as he wanted officials

to inspect it following accident at civic construction site

 

*By Yogesh Sadhwani*

*Posted On Monday, March 15, 2010 at 03:22:24 AM*

 

A tonga owner chose to let his horse bleed dangerously instead of

accepting the help of an NGO to treat the injured animal following an

accident.

 

 

On Sunday morning, a girder at the ongoing Station Area Traffic Improvement

Scheme (SATIS) project in Kalyan (W) fell on the horse which was tied to the

tonga, severely injuring its right hind leg. A blood vessel tore open and it

started bleeding profusely.

 

Owner Rauf Phalke with the horse at his shed

Owner Rauf Phalke narrated, “I realised one of the girders was about to

fall. I screamed out to the workers, but before I knew it, the girder came

crashing down on my horse.” Phalke informed the Mahatma Phule police, who

came to the spot and asked him to rush the animal to hospital before it

died.

 

The nearest veterinary hospital is the Thane SPCA Centre, but the owner

chose to take the bleeding horse to his shed - located one km away.

 

As soon as volunteers of Plant and Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) learnt of

the incident, they tried to speak to Phalke. “The horse was badly injured

and we made arrangements for its treatment at the SPCA Centre.

 

But the owner declared that he would not let go of the animal as he wanted

to show civic authorities the injured animal.”

 

Since it was a Sunday none of the officials attached with the SATIS project

were available to inspect the animal, and it continued to bleed.

 

But Phalke maintained, “I have contacted two vets who are away. I will get

my horse treated on my own but will not send him to a hospital. Tomorrow if

the authorities arrive for an inspection what will I show them?”

 

His colleagues explained that his decision was because the compensation

would be denied to him if he sent the animal to a hospital. At the time of

going to press, the horse was alive but critical.

 

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Nilesh Bhanage

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