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Combatting Animal Cruelty in India

This document discusses animal cruelty in India. It defines animal cruelty as abuse or neglect of animals. It provides examples of different types of neglect and abuse. It also discusses recent cases of animal cruelty in India where explosives were used to kill animals. The document argues that India is falling short in preventing animal cruelty because the laws have not been updated since 1960 and impose very small fines that are not a deterrent. PETA views are presented that see a link between cruelty to animals and violence towards humans.

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Combatting Animal Cruelty in India

This document discusses animal cruelty in India. It defines animal cruelty as abuse or neglect of animals. It provides examples of different types of neglect and abuse. It also discusses recent cases of animal cruelty in India where explosives were used to kill animals. The document argues that India is falling short in preventing animal cruelty because the laws have not been updated since 1960 and impose very small fines that are not a deterrent. PETA views are presented that see a link between cruelty to animals and violence towards humans.

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Humans

Losing
Humanity :
Rising Instances of Animal Cruelty In India
Tanu Rathi
BBA LLB 2nd Year
Roll No. – C-42
 Basically mean , abuse toward animal or neglect of
animal.
What  Animal cruelty is real and pervasive.

is  It happens to all different types of animals and in every


corner of the world.
 It’s also preventable and unnecessary.
 Animal cruelty takes place every day in all places, not
Animal just in the world of industrial animal agriculture. It might
be happening inside your neighbour's house, at an
Cruelty? entertainment venue in your city, or at a lab near where
you work..
Neglect Abuse
Types (Not giving animals what
they need)
Of Definition – Failure to provide
Adequate food, water ,
(Hurting an animal on
purpose)
shelter , grooming , socialising Definition – Intentionally or
and veterinary care. maliciously torturing ,
poisoning , abandoning or
Animal Example:
Leaving a dog out in the rain.
killing an animal .

Cruelty Not taking injured rabbit to


the vet.
Example :
Kicking a dog who growled at
you.
Regularly forgetting to feed Poisoning a cat
the pet. Throwing stones at rabbit
Various Ways
to
Prevent
Animal Cruelty
In Day-to-day Life
 Be a responsible pet owner.
 Intervene if you witness animal cruelty, abuse or
neglect.
 Report animal cruelty, abuse or neglect. If you witness
any form of animal cruelty, report it to the police or
other authorities.
 Teach your children to have respect for animals.
 Demand stricter laws for the protection of animals.
 Educate people around you about the issue.
 Shelter an animal in need.
 Consider that neglect of animal is closely related to
domestic violence.
The most recent of all incidents of cruelty that have taken
place this year, are that of
killing of pregnant elephant from Kerala, a pregnant
cow from Himachal Pradesh and a jackal from Tamil
Nadu. I state these incidents together as these have the
Recent same method used to seriously injure/kill them. In all
Cases of three cases, the poor animals were fed explosives
covered with some kind of edibles.
Animal
Cruelty In
India
 The single prominent Animal Cruelty prevention law was legislated
in 1960, yes, 1960. And since then, the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals Act (PCA) has never even been amended.
 Meaning, the monetary fines imposed for crimes against animals in
Why India is 1960, still stands to date.
falling short  In animal cruelty case, the fine can go up to ₹50. If the same crime
to when it is committed within three years again, the person has to pay a fine
of anything between ₹25 and ₹100 or an imprisonment of up to 3
comes to Law months or both.
Evidently, neither the fine nor the imprisonment is strict enough to
on Animal prevent people from harming animals.
Cruelty?
PETA views PETA says that, “If any society chooses to treat cruelty to
animals lightly, they are encouraging violence towards
on Animal humans too. That’s because research in psychology and
Cruelty In criminology shows that people who commit acts of
cruelty to animals often don’t stop there – many move on
India to hurting other animals or humans.
Thankyou

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