KARACHI: The Cantonment Board Clifton in the country’s largest metropolis has made it mandatory for residents to register their pet dogs with the board following a heinous incident in which a senior advocate was attacked by two giant canines in the Defence area.
A notification issued by the CBC stated ‘It has come to the notice of the CBC that residents of the Clifton Cantonment area are keeping pet dogs in their houses without registration while the board has made it requisite to register pet dogs under section 119 of the Cantonment Act 1924 so that the CBC can confirm whether the dogs have been muzzled or are disease-free or not.’
The notification further reads that keeping unregistered animals is illegal under the provisions of the Cantonment Act 1924, warning that failure to comply with the CBC will lead to ‘the detention of the dogs, imposition of fine/legal actions/remedies under the prevailing laws etc’.
According to the notification, registered pooches need to wear collars that have to be attached to a metal token issued by the CBC. The owner of the dog will be slapped with a fine of PKR 100 if the animal found unchained. It further intimidates that if the detained animal is killed, the board wouldn’t be responsible for any payments of the damage.
Meanwhile, the fee of the form has been fixed at PKR 250, while PKR 2,000 has the set for the registration. The registration form consists of the name of the dog owner, ID card number, address, mobile number, the breed of the dog, sex, and reason behind keeping it. The owner of the canines also needs to mention their vaccination.
DOG Registration in Karachi,
Forms at Rs. 250 and registration at Rs. 2000, Cantonment Board Clifton
The measure has been taken under the Cantonment Act 1924 and Section 119.
Must indicate dog owner name, ID card, address, purpose, cell, email, color, breed, sex, vaccination. pic.twitter.com/2Rd7Lvd4D6— Daily Aap (@Aap2Days) June 28, 2021
The move came after two pet german shepherds in Defence’s Khayaban-e-Sehar mauled an elderly lawyer earlier this week. The victim, Advocate Mirza Akhter, was out on his morning walk when the four-legged beasts pounced on him and injured him.
In the CCTV clip of the dreadful accident, the caretaker of the dogs can be seen pulling them from the victim who was badly injured. The man then runs off to find help and later the dogs were separated from the senior citizens.
کراچی درخشاں پولیس نے کتے کے کاٹنے کا مقدمہ الزام نمبر 414 شہری مرزا اختر علی ایڈوکیٹ کی مدعیت میں کتوں کے مالک ہمایوں خان اور اسکے ملازم پر درج کر لیا#Karachi #DHA #DOG #ATTACK https://t.co/GdWknBYKkd pic.twitter.com/oSzpgjuJ4k
— Samar Abbas (@Samarjournalist) June 21, 2021
Following the incident, Karachi Bar Association said that the senior lawyer was left on the road and neither the owner nor anyone from his household helped Akhter.
A Karachi court had ordered the law enforcers to apprehend the owner of two pet dogs. The Additional District and Sessions Judge South issued the directives after rejecting the appeal for pre-arrest bail of the owner, Humayun Khan, whose two dogs had attacked Mirza Ali Akhtar on Monday, leaving him severely injured.
The judge remarked that ‘the life of innocent man is in danger just due to the negligence of the dog owner.’
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