Nagpur: About six years ago, ‘Lucky’ saved the lives of 12 Personnel of the Central Reserve Police forces (CRPF) in Kokrajhar, a city in Assam, by sniffing an improvised explosive device buried by a guerrilla.
Then, serving battalions based in Baramulla, Kashmir, Lucky, with heroic actions and devoted attributes, always respected among soldiers, with senior officials often touching their feet.
For more than ten years, ‘Lucky’ battalion.
“He has become a real military man – discipline and is very sharp when it comes to detecting explosives or firearms.
No one likes it,” said a source in knowing things.
In February this year, ‘Lucky’ retired with grace but without certainty.
Labrador is ten and half a year has no place to go.
“For several months, it was stored in the dog forces in Kashmir.
However, instructions were given to the handler to shift him to make a room for new dogs,” said the source.
Then knowing that ‘lucky’ was taken to his hometown in Saoner, a city near Nagpur.
“Lucky’s Handler is trying to shift it into a dog shelter based in Mumbai but the necessary settings cannot be made.
When the activists from there told me about him, I decided to bring the dog to Nagpur,” said the local animal welfare activist Karishma Galani.
On seeing luck that worsened health, Galani admitted to the hospital run by Ajay Maheshwari, the founder of the Nagpur-based Maheshwari Animal Welfare Foundation (MAWF), where he was being treated.
“Sniffer dogs undergo intense training from a young age to smell detective and other explosives.
This damages their various organs.
Lucky is around three months old when he joins CRPF,” said Galani.
Lift that the animal did not eat for several days, said Maheshwari, “after living somewhere for more than ten years, came here had been a big change for him.
He recovered even though.” While the activists “more than happy” to take care of luck , they express deep disappointment in the fact that despite serving the country, such dogs are left dead.
“There are so many lucky ones who have no mercy of anyone.
Their skills and services are used for the welfare of the country for years but they don’t get anything – no pension, no shelter houses, no food and no treatment , “They said, demanding that the government must arrange reservoirs for retirees.
In 2017, the Nagpur bench from the Bombay High Court took the Tii Sou Motu report to reveal the absence of steps for the rehabilitation of fangs teeth in charge of the disposal unit and bomb detection.
Quoting the prevention of atrocities against the animal law, 1960, the appointed Amicus has stated that the law regarding the prevention of cruelty of animals does not accept the welfare of animals that serve in troops.