24 bomb-sniffing German Shepherds slaughtered to seek revenge

New Delhi: The tale of the brutal abuse of animals is not a new one but the merciless massacre of about 24 German Shepherds by the employees to seek revenge for unpaid salaries is certainly a horrifying incident. According to reports, up to 24 dogs that were used for protection by the Eastern Securities, a security company in Kuwait, were killed after it lost it's lucrative contract to provide Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) with explosive detection dogs for their oil rigs. Due to which, despite years of faithful service, these K-9s were simply thrown into the trash. On June 17, 2016 disturbing pictures of the dead dogs began circulating on Facebook ; one that showed them piled up against cages...... Image Courtesy: Facebook ......while the other that showed a man taking pleasure in standing over the innocent dead creature. Image Courtesy: Facebook Turns out that the 140 dogs (out of which about 100 continue to be at the risk of being slaughtered) owned by the Eastern Securities became a liability for the company, the moment KNPC cancelled its contract. The cost to feed them and to house them was too much for the Kuwaiti company to take and thus, instead of turning the dogs over, the company decided to kill the bomb sniffing dogs. Reportedly, the killing wasn't carried out by a licensed veterinarian and allegedly, the dogs suffered excruciating pain as they died because the medicine used to kill them wasn't meant for them.   Image Courtesy: Facebook Animal abuse has been on a steady rise for quite some time now. Efforts have been made by animal rights activists and other organizations for their welfare but all in vain. Animals continue to be tortured and butchered in various parts of the world and such incidents continue to depict the evil side of the man that would go to any extent to fulfill its selfish needs.