For the second time in a week, 31 heads of cattle that were being transported in trucks to Kerala were rescued. On Tuesday, activists, having received information from the public, chased the truck on Grand Southern Trunk Road near Chengalpattu and intercepted the vehicle. The driver and another occupant of the vehicle abandoned the truck and fled. Chinni Krishna, Vice Chairman, Animal Welfare Board of India, told The Hindu that they chased the truck that nearly ran over their vehicle.
In the meantime, they alerted the police control room and a patrol vehicle that was near Guduvanchery rushed to the spot. The cattle, being smuggled into the State were most likely from the border of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh.
Once the truck stopped, the locks of the luggage area's doors gave way and some cattle jumped out of the vehicle. Further investigations were on, Chengalpattu police said. The police, Mr. Krishna said, responded quickly.
