For Immediate Release:
12 May 2024
Contact:
Meet Ashar; AsharM@petaindia.org
Hiraj Laljani; HirajL@petaindia.org
Delhi – After CCTV captured footage of a dog being severely beaten with a daṇḍa (stick), resulting in a broken leg and head injuries, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India and local activist Divyansh Sharma worked with Jagatpuri Police Station to register a first information report (FIR) against the unidentified perpetrator. Police registered an FIR under Section 429 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, and Section 11 of The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act, 1960. PETA India is offering a reward of up to Rs 50,000 to anyone who provides information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for torturing the dog.
Anyone with information about the perpetrator can contact PETA India’s animal emergency helpline on 9820122602 or at Info@petaindia.org. Informants’ identities will be kept confidential upon request.
“Those who abuse animals often move on to harming humans. For everyone’s safety, it is imperative that members of the public report cases of cruelty to animals such as this one,” says PETA India Cruelty Response Coordinator Sunayana Basu. “We commend Jagatpuri Police Station for promptly registering an FIR and sending the 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 animal cruelty were 3 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“animals are not ours to abuse in any way” – has long campaigned for strengthening the PCA Act, 1960, which contains outdated, inadequate penalties, such as a maximum fine of only Rs 50 for convicted first-time offenders (although the IPC prescribes stronger punishments). In a proposal sent to the central government regarding an amendment to the act, PETA India recommended significantly increasing penalties for cruelty to animals.
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