A shocking incident of over 550 dogs being killed by the municipal authorities in Nanded—by injecting them with possibly hazardous substance after trapping them under a butterfly net—has come to light after PETA India wrote to the authorities concerned about the killings on February 7.

According to the email, injecting the dogs with this substance was "leading to a slow and extremely painful death," and was brought to the notice of PETA India by locals. In the video that has surfaced, a dog can be seen being trapped with a butterfly net, and then being pinned to the ground; the man, who is wearing gloves, can be seen dipping the syringe into a liquid substance, then injecting it in the dog's hind legs. Within the minute, the dog starts howling in pain. After a few minutes, the dog, along with the net, is thrown into the back of a mini-tempo like vehicle, filled with other dogs.