These are very sad and horrible stories Avis told me about. One of the many experiences of ill-treatment of dogs Avis has had during her time in Kerala. One day I sat in Avis' living room and she showed me her photo album with some awful photos. The pain that these dogs must have been in is unbelievable.
The first is a street dog that had been caught by a dog catcher working for the Trivandrum Corporation. They were going to kill that dog, as they do with many street dogs (read 'dog killing' in the section above). But the dog got away, and was left with serious injuries. Dog catchers use long polls with a metal string attached to it to catch the dogs. The string goes around the neck of the dogs and that way they can't go anywhere.
This particular dog had taken the string in its mouth in its defence. The string then wrapped around the back of its head. Somehow the dog then got away. Later ARK found the dog with the metal string in his mouth and around his head, which had cut deep wounds in the side of the dog's head. There are long and deep red lines from the end of its mouth to the back of its head. The wounds on the photo have already been cleaned by ARK's vets. Avis found a good home for this dog.
The second dog was found tied to a tree. The people who did this also tied a rope around the dog's mouth. It had been in that agonising position for a week, without water or food and with the ropes cuting a deeping wound; the bones were visible. The dog was saved by ARK and died after 18 months at the centre.
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