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Mira-Bhayander, Vasai-Virar Police Take Action Against Illegal Horse-Cart Race After PETA India Complaint

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For Immediate Release:

10 October 2024

Contact:

Meet Ashar; AsharM@petaindia.org

Hiraj Laljani; HirajL@petaindia.org

Thane – The Kashigaon Police Station registered a first information report (FIR) against three individuals for organising and participating in an illegal horse-cart race that took place on 1 October in station’s jurisdiction, following a complaint filed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India, which was alerted to the race by a whistleblower.

A copy of the FIR is available upon request.

After submitting a complaint to Shri Madhukar Pandey, IPS, commissioner of police, Mira-Bhayander, Vasai-Virar, PETA India collaborated closely with Shri Avinash Ambure, deputy commissioner of police (crime), and the Kashigaon Police Station. The FIR was registered under sections 291, 281, 125, and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and sections 11(1)(a) and 11(1)(l) of The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act, 1960. Six horses were seized as part of the operation.

“PETA India commends the Mira-Bhayander, Vasai-Virar police for sending a clear message that cruelty to animals will not be tolerated,” says PETA India Cruelty Response Coordinator Sunayana Basu. “Using horses for racing is cruel, as participants force the animals to run by hitting them and using weapons. The horses are subjected to extreme physical strain, which often results in injury and always causes suffering. The mental trauma and physical torture these malnourished, horses must have endured is hard to imagine.”

PETA India – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way” – pointed out in its letter to the commissioner of police that under the Performing Animals (Registration) Rules, 2001, and the Performing Animals (Registration) Amendment Rules, 2001, no animal can be legally used for training, exhibition, or performances without being registered with the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI). Spectacles such as the planned animal races also violate the PCA Act, 1960, and may violate the Transport of Animals (Amendment) Rules, 2001. In addition, the group referred to a 2016 Rajasthan High Court order banning tonga races in the state following a report submitted by the AWBI, which highlighted that cruelty to horses is inherent when they’re forced to run on roads amid traffic conditions that are frightening and distressing for them, as seen during this illegal race on a highway.

For more information, please visit PETAIndia.com or follow the group on X, Facebook, or Instagram.

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