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Earlier this week, the group posted graphic pictures on social media showing bodies of dead dogs piled up in corridors inside the base of Eastern Securities of Kuwait. In one of the pictures, a man is seen resting his foot on a dog's corpse. This US-owned company provided services to Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC).
Kuwait Animal Rescue Unit says the security firm killed 24 of its sniffer dogs after losing a contract with the oil company, which reportedly paid Eastern Securities $9,900 monthly for each dog. KNPC has denied being involved in the slaughter. In an interview with the Kuwaiti News Agency, official spokesman Khaled Al-Asousi said the contract with Eastern Securities was terminated after the dogs failed to sniff out explosives during a third-party test.
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However, the security company maintains that it humanely euthanized the dogs because they were old and sick ‒ suffering from conditions such as tumors and hip dysplasia ‒ while some were just too aggressive.
"These dogs were suffering in the condition they were in. In my opinion, this should have been done a year ago," an unnamed employee told the Arab Times, adding that the dogs had been diagnosed with those issues two years ago. He also said the company unsuccessfully tried to put the dogs up for adoption.
Nevertheless, Eastern Securities' description of the events did not ring true with Esmail Al Misri, who lodged a criminal case against the company. He believes the slaughtered dogs were innocent victims of a conflict between Eastern Securities and its workers, who had not been paid since April 2016. Misri is especially concerned because he said there are another 90 dogs at risk of being killed. His lawsuit is now awaiting investigation by the authorities.
Eastern Securities executives have denied the allegations the company will put down more dogs. However, the company has a previous incident on its record of killing canines.
"The company had taken steps to euthanize small groups of dogs over a period of time, but a member of our kennel staff jumped the gun and euthanized them all at once. He has been [fired] for going against the procedure," the anonymous worker told the newspaper.
The Kuwait Animal Rescue Unit, which made the dog massacre public, is now asking for "animal lovers in Kuwait, USA, and other countries" to give the case greater publicity.
Can't the same be said about 'working humans'? And we know how they get treated, so can we really expect more with these 'dogs'? Isn't this the same problem of your job being outsourced, eliminated and the like? And isn't this just more catalyst to get us to wake up to the reality around and within us? Perhaps the same can be said about these dogs? Just another step in the process... and those sleepwalking are useful tools for those that couldn't care less and merely look at the 'bottom line' in the ledger... who themselves don't really count in this esoteric tally anyway... and who are really just expressions of the system we live in... where no one in positions of power are held responsible for their actions.... such as with this case... was the individual who 'jumped the gun' really fired or reassigned or fired a few days earlier than was originally planned, seeing how he is no l onger needed without that contract, same as the dogs... thus, like most humans in the same situation, his last job is to essentially eliminate his job... here, by killing the dogs he is responsible for managing, but with humans, they are told to train those in other countries paying much less before they are 'let go'... in the end, not too much different?