In a now viral video, a small, scared dog can be seen getting thrown from a roof in Chennai (Madras), India. The slow-motion video captures the exact moment the man, wearing a broad smile, let go. Then you hear a loud “yelp”, followed by silence.
At first, the dog was presumed dead. Not many small animals can survive being thrown off a roof. But not this dog. After searching for and finding her, animal rights activist Karthik Dhandapani confirmed the dog was in fact, alive.
The video showing the dog being thrown from the rooftop was posted online, where it received widespread outrage.
Shravan Krishnan, another animal rights activist, said that when the dog was found she was injured and unable to walk. What shocked Krishnan the most was, despite what happened to her, she was still wagging her tail.
“She was terrified, cowering under a stairwell and urinated when I picked her up. But what broke my heart was that she was still wagging her tail,” Krishnan told BBC news. They decided to name her “Bhadra” which translates from Hindi to “blessed”. (BBC).
The two men responsible for the cruel act have been identified and arrested but then released on bail. They are two students from the Tamil Nadu’s Madha Medical College. Animal activists everywhere are outraged – especially since there is video evidence and a lot of public outrage. They were officially charged with “maiming or injuring” an animal – a crime that carries a maximum jail term of five years. Animal activists are now petitioning for stricter animal cruelty laws. (BBC)
Thankfully, according to Dhandapani’s Twitter, Bhadra is now receiving the medical attention and love she absolutely deserves.
Sandra Spencer
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Those responsible for this horrendous cruelty are medical students? Horrifying! They should be expelled from school. Such lack of empathy towards an innocent living creature is inexcusable. Who would want these monsters treating them? Please punish them to the most extreme.
Tesa Guevara
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Those stupid masochist should be throw down from the same rooftop as punishment…..rand they should’ve banned from studying medicine….God knows what they will think of killing next for fun. STUPID!
June Beckman-Savage
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These stories make me sad and mad. All of these abusers need to have the same thing done to them, and if they live fine them a huge amount of money, make them get on an abuser list so they may never have another dog or any animal again, and throw them in jail and throw the key away.
Frank Miele
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Why are people so cruel for god’s sake what as this little poor defenceless dog done I honestly don’t get it makes my blood boil !!! Lynn
Bruce Michael Gruen
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Id like to throw. That Scum bag! Off the RUFF!
Clare Bryant-Hall
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Dreadful thing to do…but medical students?
Rita Astley
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Bless this sweet baby
Sindhu V Kumar Thottarathe
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I don’t have Any words to tell
Ann Strunk
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Lucky they didn’t eat her.
Peter Boyce
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Terrible people on this planet
Willie Grobbelaar
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Swak swak van diere eienaar kan dit nie glo nie
Tamara Evans
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Not cool. poor thing
John Wotruba
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Now throw him off the roof God Bless that little dog
Pauline Kilham
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Like all dogs do. Now throw whoever did this of the roof.
Patricia D Kimbell
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Renate Panian Burington Yes, totally agree…Or worse..preferably worse….
Anita Ghebeles
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If someone can so easily toss a dog off a roof, I wouldn’t trust him around people either. I can’t even say what I think about the person who did this.
Robert Gutierrezinsky
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I remember coming across some pos throwing rocks at pigeons in a parking structure. I asked him if he could fly. He said “no”. I told him he better hope to God he can if he throws one more rock cause I’m throwing him off this lot.
Samantha Brattisani
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Poor baby xx
Yolanda Barajas
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Wtf people.
Yolanda Barajas
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Shes beautiful.
Bernie Haas
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Sweet Baby! Thanks for care!