For Immediate Release:
18 July 2024
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Nandurbar – After learning from a local activist that a mother dog was dragged along a road and beaten with a stick so severely that her eyes were gouged out and she sustained other serious injuries, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India worked with local resident Priti Ranchhod Jaiswal to have a first information report (FIR) registered. The FIR was registered by Nandurbar City Police Station under Section 325 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and Section 11(1)(l) of The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. Jaiswal initially reported the case and provided medical care to the dog, who sadly succumbed to her injuries.
“Those who abuse animals often move on to harming humans. It is imperative that members of the public report cases of cruelty to animals such as this one for everyone’s safety,” says PETA India Cruelty Response Coordinator Sinchana Subramanyan. “This dog was subjected to horrific torture and must have experienced unbearable suffering. PETA India urges the public to address the homeless-animal overpopulation crisis by supporting sterilisation efforts.”
Rule 11(19) of the Animal Birth Control Rules, 2023, permits the capturing of community dogs only for the purpose of sterilisation and makes it illegal to relocate community animals. It states, “The dogs shall be released [after sterilisation] at the same place or locality from where they were captured.”
PETA India recommends that perpetrators of animal abuse undergo psychiatric evaluation and receive counselling, as abusing animals indicates deep psychological disturbance. Research shows that people who commit acts of cruelty to animals are often repeat offenders who move on to hurting other animals, including humans. A study published in Forensic Research & Criminology International Journal stated, “Those who engage in animal cruelty were three times more likely to commit other crimes, including murder, rape, robbery, assault, harassment, threats, and drug/substance abuse.”
PETA India – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way” – and which opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview, notes that community dogs are often subjected to human cruelty or struck by cars and commonly suffer from starvation, diseases, or injuries. Every year, many dogs and cats end up in animal shelters, where they languish in cages or kennels for lack of enough good homes. The solution is simple: sterilisation. Sterilising one female dog can prevent 67,000 births over six years, and sterilising one female cat can prevent 4,20,000 births over seven years.
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