Adil Najam
The pictures that follow are graphic and horrific. So, please do not scroll any further if you think you cannot handle them.
These are pictures of a dog fight, taken yesterday outside the village of Lora in Abbottabad District. But such fights happen in many places in Pakistan. Not every day, but often enough for all of us to be incensed, to be disgusted, and to be angry about.
There are some who consider this to be a sport. They are wrong. Very very wrong. This is not sport. This is cruelty. This is inhuman. This is also illegal.
The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act of 1890 is clear on this point: Section 3(a) reads as follows: “if any person overdrives, beats, or otherwise treats any animal so as to subject it to unnecessary pain or suffering, he shall be punished, in the case of a first offence, with fine… or with imprisonment. .. or with both.”
But – think about it – do we really need a law to recognize that what is happening in these pictures is just wrong. Very very wrong. Cruel. And illegal.
There are others who will tell us that this happens elsewhere too, including other places where it is technically illegal. In Latin America, in Russia, in Central Asia, and even in the United States. That is true. But that makes this what we see in these pictures (or what happens in those countries) no less wrong. No less cruel. No less inhuman. No less disgusting.
For all the people who criticize the post, answer me this,
1) Where in Quran or Hadith does it say that it is ok to treat animals like this or even condone it?
2) As for the person on Facebook who calls this propaganda, and says, “I bet none of you have ever slaughtered an animal yourself … ” Well, I have & still do at least every EID & this treatment of an animal is disgusting to me. Those animals, the ones for slaughter, are to be treated with kindness, since they are being slaughtered for Allah, in addition all the animals in your care should not be abused at all.
3) I condemn all terrorism, drone, suicide, ‘fidayee’ etc. etc.
@Gulab Khar and Munir
It doesn’t matter where one lives, what matters is are they contributing to Pakistan. Don’t forget the foreign aid and loans, and the $8 billion that expats send home that is keeping Pakistan afloat. The country cannot stand on its own two feet.
This cruelty to animals only proves the lack of value that life has in Pakistan, whether it is human life or animal life.
More comments from the ATP Facebook Page:
– “Blah, it’s a part of our culture and rooted in our rural traditions. If you burger kids from cities don’t have the stomach to handle it then don’t watch it! just stop your silly propaganda. I bet none of you have ever slaughtered an animal yourself and if you were to see it, you’d faint.”
– “You sir are a true example of an ignorant fool!”
– “That is nonsense.
Our culture is NOT cruelty. Yours might be. Mine is not. people who do this are cruel and that’s that.”
Disgraceful. if we started cleaning this sort of jahalat from the country a lot of other things would also start s=disappearing.
Some comments from the ATP Facebook page:
– “ufff!!”
– “i really condemn all such kind of sports. We put these innocent animals in troubles, like dogs, cocks & camels etc just to calm down our own beastliness…SHAME ON THE PEOPLE WHO WATCH THESE DEADLY FIGHTS AS FUN!!! YOU HAVE NO REASON TO CALL YOURSELF A HUMAN…”
– “^ Shhhh, in this day and age it is called a ‘Rooster’ ;)”
– “Utterly horrific !!!”
– “propaganda picture”