For Immediate Release:
10 December 2024
Contact:
Meet Ashar; AsharM@petaindia.org
Hiraj Laljani; HirajL@petaindia.org
Narsinghpur – Following the gruesome killing of five community puppies, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India worked with the Sainkheda police to ensure that a first information report (FIR) was promptly registered. The incident was reported by Smt Maya Vishwakarma, Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat Mehragaon, who brought attention to this horrific act of cruelty.
The incident occurred on 04 December at Gram Panchayat, Mehragaon, Sainkheda, Narsinghpur – 422 210, where the accused, identified as Mr Foola Kahar, allegedly threw five puppies after stuffing them in a cardboard box in the village panchayat premises, resulting in their grievous deaths. The FIR is registered under Section 325 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, which makes the maiming or killing of any animal a cognisable offence and provides for a jail term of up to five years, a fine, or both.
“Those who abuse animals often move on to harming humans. For everyone’s safety, it’s imperative that members of the public come forward with what they know about this case and report cruelty to animals such as this one to the police,” says PETA India Cruelty Response Coordinator Virendra Singh. “We commend Sub Inspector of Sainkheda Police Station, Shri Prakash Pathak, for promptly registering the FIR and sending a clear message that cruelty to animals will not be tolerated.”
PETA India recommends that perpetrators of animal abuse undergo psychiatric evaluation and receive counselling, as abusing animals indicates a 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 cruelty to animals to animals 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that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way” – has long campaigned to strengthen the PCA Act, 1960, which contains outdated, inadequate penalties, such as a maximum fine of only Rs 50 for convicted first-time offenders (although the BNS, 2023 prescribes stronger punishments). In a proposal sent to the central government regarding an amendment to the PCA Act, PETA India has recommended significantly increasing penalties for cruelty to animals.
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