Dog deaths ignite mandate for stringent laws contra Animal inhumanity
Dog deaths ignite mandate for stringent laws contra Animal inhumanity
Cases of animal inhumanity have seen an ascend in the financial hub with many incidents not being brought to notice to the concerned authorities.
Amid 300 and 350 such offences are registered every year across Mumbai. Recent incidents turn the limelight on the rising heartlessness
towards animals.
A few days ago, two cases were reported from Kandivali’s Lokhandwala. A car driver, Kunal Rupani, was arrested for killing a puppy, while an auto driver was booked for fatally assaulting a pet dog.
Another shocking incident that comes to spotlight was the illegal horse race competition organised on the Western Express Highway in Vile Parle.
With the video going viral, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) lodged a complaint, showcasing how the horses were mindlessly whipped to draw the carts. There is no end to such grim incidents.
The Mumbai Goregaon Bangur Nagar police arrested a person for assaulting street dogs to death. Likewise, Bandra cops booked unknown persons on the complaint of veterinarian Jyotsna Jagrani for the killing of three cats and fatal attacks on two others. In one case, a Rs 4,500 contract was given to kill a dog.
According to Sudheer Kudalkar, MHB police station inspector and a founder of Pure Animal Lover Foundation, “Awareness regarding animal welfare laws is important. There are laws regarding animal cruelty, but these are bailable offences.
He added that in the event of non-bailable, people wouldn’t torture animals.
The officer further went on to add that as per court of law, the area in which an animal is born is its milieu.
Nevertheless, people do not understand this and think animals generate nuisance so they care a damn for them.
The foundation has 25 advocates whose first profession is law, but they work pro bono for animal welfare.
As per Ashar, cruelty case division legal advisor and manager at PETA India, “amid April 1 and June 30, 67 animal cruelty cases were reported from Mumbai alone, while the pan-India figure stood at 703.”
Although this figure does not reflect the true extent of cruelty to animals in the city, any data either from government or non-government sources will be incomplete as there is no exhaustive database.
News Edit K.V.Raman
