For Immediate Release:
06 November 2024
Contact:
Saloni Sakaria; SaloniS@petaindia.org
Hiraj Laljani; HirajL@petaindia.org
Panjim—Acting on a video depicting two men capturing and manhandling an Indian python (Python molurus) – a species protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act (WPA), 1972 – in the Caranzalem area of Panjim, the North Goa Forest Division of the Goa Forest Department registered a preliminary offence report (POR) after hearing from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India.
The POR was registered under sections 9 and 51 of the WPA, 1972. The offence is non-bailable and punishable with a jail term of at least three years, which may extend to seven years, and a fine of at least ₹25,000. The search for the alleged perpetrators and the python is underway.
“PETA India is grateful to the Deputy Conservator of Forests, North Goa Division, Shri Jiss Varkey IFS, for swiftly registering the POR and sending a clear message that mishandling animals will not be tolerated,” says PETA India Cruelty Response Coordinator Saloni Sakaria. “We urge community members never to resort to violence in dealing with wildlife and to recruit the help of the forest department instead.”
PETA India – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to use for entertainment” – opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETAIndia.com or follow the group on X, Facebook, or Instagram.
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