Do police dogs get a pension?
Not only do they now receive a pension plan but they also get to retire and reside with their original handler. If these dogs are killed in the line of duty they get the same honors as their human partners.
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New Delhi: A blog post claiming that the Indian Army continues to kill its dogs on retirement is doing the rounds on social media.
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The article cites two reasons to justify the claim — that the dogs are familiar with the Indian Army base areas and can cause trouble if they land in wrong hands after retirement. The second reason is that the animal welfare agencies are unable to provide the dogs with the same kind of facilities that the Indian Army provides and thus the Army is left with no choice but to kill them.
The misleading article was shared widely on Facebook. ‘Warning: Do not like this page, you will die of laughter’ and ‘Be Like Bro’ — two FB pages with 6 million and 10 million likes, respectively — shared this write-up Wednesday, which has received around 5,000 reacts and more than 200 shares on social media.
New Delhi (Vishvas News): Vishvas News came across a reel being shared on Facebook which claimed that the dogs serving in the Indian Army are killed after their retirement, since they know all the locations inside. Vishvas News in its investigation found the claim to be misleading. The dogs serving in the Indian Army are not killed after retirement.
Facebook user, Mom’s Ladla Parwej shared the reel and wrote: सेना के कुता को क्यू मार दी जाती है गोली। #viralreels #viralvideo #shorts #facts #FactsMatter #aloud
Conclusion: Indian Army does not kill dogs that retire from service they are sent to Meerut at an old age home for dogs or are put up for adoption.
In the last step of investigation, we did a social background check of Facebook user who shared the viral reel. Mom’s Ladla Parwek has 11K followers and is a YouTuber.
Indian Army does not kill dogs that retire from service they are sent to Meerut at an old age home for dogs or are put up for adoption.