12 Newborn Puppies Brutally Tortured, Bludgeoned To Death

In a case of animal cruelty, four unidentified men were booked after 12 puppies were found bludgeoned to death in the western Indian state of Maharashtra.

A group of children were looking after the puppies and had also made a makeshift shed for them. On Aug. 29 morning, the children went to the shed to feed the puppies before heading to school only to find their bloodied carcasses. The children immediately informed their parents, who in turn called animal rights activists.

"The local kids and I have fed the mothers of these puppies when they were young, and taken care of them when they became mothers. The kids were ecstatic about caring for the new puppies. But now, they are traumatized. Never have I seen them cry so much,” a resident told local daily DNA India.

The same afternoon, a police complaint was filed and the carcasses were taken for autopsy, the results of which were yet to come. According to reports, the injuries suggest the puppies were dropped from a height and subjected to various tortures before being bludgeoned. Residents said the shed housed three different litters, one of which was just a week old.

"The younger ones look like they were dropped from a height. There are no external injuries. The older ones must have tried to run away, and seemed to have been beaten to death by a blunt object,” a resident said.

Police checked the CCTV footage of the area as a part of the investigation which showed four men carrying the puppies away.

“We are trying to identify the suspects with the help of the CCTV footage. Local people have not been able to identify them yet making us believe the suspects could be from some other place. An investigation is on,” police said.