Shahjahanpur (UP), March 23 -- After receiving video evidence of a puppy being chased and beaten to death by five men in Shahjahanpur, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals India (PETA India) worked with Piyush Pandey of Jeev Sahyog Foundation and police to ensure that legal action was taken against the offenders.

The incident occurred on March 7 last around 5 pm inside a nearby graveyard.

According to information shared with PETA India and Piyush Pandey of Jeev Sahyog Foundation, the puppy, a local family's companion dog, had accidentally entered the graveyard area when all the men present there began chasing it with wooden sticks.

A video of the incident shows all the men repeatedly hitting the puppy with sticks while the puppy y...