Mumbai, November 12: In a case of total apathy towards stray dogs, decomposed carcasses of two canines were found at a dog sterilisation centre in Vasai, Mumbai, last week. The dogs allegedly died due to starvation as the workers at the Animal Birth Control centre were on Diwali leave, said reports. Diwali 2018: Nepal Honours Dogs By Celebrating Kukur Tihar on Deepawali; Here's Why.

A report in The Times of India said that the matter came to light after an animal lover went to check on her stray dog. But what the woman saw scared the daylights out of her as she saw the dead bodies of two dogs at the center. She then went on to shoot the horrific scene and shared it on social media.

A group of animal lovers then visited the centre and videographed the entire place as well as the carcasses that had decomposed badly. The center is allegedly run by an NGO named Utkarsh Star Mitra Mandal located in Mulund.

However, the General Secretary of the NGO refuted the claims and said that out of four dogs who died, three had died due to rabies and one because of distemper, a virus that affects dogs. The secretary admitted that the center was unmanned as the brothers who used to man it had gone to their native place to meet their ailing brother.

The carcasses will be sent for autopsy on Monday to ascertain the exact cause of death. The animals lover group that visited the center and videographed the entire place said that there were over 40 stray dogs in unhygienic conditions and that all the animals were starving as there was no one to look after them at the center.

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