new delhi at least six stray dogs and two birds were found to have died in mysterious circumstances at ablock in nizamuddin east in the past 24 hours beginning friday morning residents and animal lovers have alleged that they were poisoned but the police is waiting for the postmortem reports a case has been registered at the nizamuddin police stationwe recovered carcasses of two dogs on saturday from the area after we got a call from the residents said gautam barat cofounder of friendicoes an ngo working for the welfare of animals our ambulance made three rounds of the area and found four dogs in a semiconscious state the animals have been put on drip and are in a critical condition we have also found a dead owl and a dead kite we suspect they were poisoned we are waiting for the postmortem reports at least nine dogs have been found dead in ablock claimed a resident shobha malhotra we believe this was part of a plan to wipe out the canine population in the area the residents held a meeting and have registered a case at the nizamuddin police station we have also started a signature campaign against the cruel crimewe are waiting for the postmortem reports and only after receiving them will we apply relevant sections to the case we are contemplating filing a case under the wildlife act and will investigate if antisocials are involved said a senior police officeranand sharma a resident who has a pet dog said he had seen a stray dog in a semiconscious state under his car when he had gone out to his vehicle on friday morning it was struggling to breathe the watchman said three other dogs were also dead some distance away i believe the animals have been poisoned sharma said malhotra said the first death was noticed at the jhoolewala park on friday morning by one rahul sahni he called the mcd to get the carcass removed later we received several calls from residents claiming that they had spotted dogs in a semiconscious state in the area added malhotra sumita mehta another resident claimed that she used to often feed these stray dogs when i went out i found a dog frothing at its mouth it was then that i called the ngo she saidnot all residents here are animal lovers the dogs bark at night and scratch our new cars and recently a senior army officer was bitten by a dog it is important to keep a check on them but their killing cannot be justified said a resident not wanting to be identifiedbarat said pathological reports of blood and urine are expected by sunday morning most of these animals were sterilized he added