On Monday the 4th Oct 2021 the Fisheries Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister Parshottam Rupala told the press that they are ready with the draft amendment bill which will replace the 60 year old animal law. They are in the process of getting the Cabinet approval and the bill shall be placed before the Parliament in the next session. He further said that at present, the perpetrators of animal cruelty get away unscathed as the penalty for the first time offender is just ₹ 50 under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act, 1960.
Hence, the government plans to introduce a higher penalty and jail term for people perpetrating cruelty against animals.
This is indeed a wonderful move taken by the central govt. Let's hope the bill is passed soon.
A bail plea was accepted in the most unique manner by an additional district judge Avinash Kumar in Madhubani Bihar. The judge accepted the bail application of a culprit who was in the prison on the charges of attempt to murder. The judge accepted the bail application on the condition that the culprit will adopt a dog and feed at least 5 stray dogs for one month (Pic in the post).
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Let's hope this unique punishment transforms the culprit into a compassionate and humane person. Hats off to the honorable judge who thought out of the box and actually did something to bring inner transformation in the culprit. This will not only help the culprit transform but will also help six dogs get a better life. The judge by his unique decision has shown the world that man can learn so much from animals. And the company of animals make us a better human being.
This is another case of bail application but one which is quite the opposite of the above case. The Punjab and Haryana High Court, while granting anticipatory bail to three members of a family who had been booked following a dispute over street dogs, has directed that they shall not feed said stray dogs in the residential locality, as the same would encourage the dogs to roam around in the residential area. The single bench of Justice Gurvinder Singh Gill has further directed that the petitioners shall remain in touch with the municipal corporation for purpose of shifting the stray dogs to some nominated place so they do not pose any threat to the safety or property of the inhabitants of the locality.
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Dog is a highly territorial animal therefore it's not easy to take him at some other place and feed. If the dogs are not fed at their area then the chances are that they may die of hunger soon.
Also according to Dog rules 2001 relocation of dogs is an offence. The only way we can control their population is by sterilization. If only the municipal corporations had carried out the ABC program properly by creating right kind awareness among the masses then most probably this ugly situation would have never occurred.
Today the man-man and man-dog conflict is largely due to ignorance. Ignorance about dog behaviour and ignorance about dog rules. And by now we all know who is the main culprit.
Dogs are considered the man's best friend and researchers have said that stray dogs are the safest as compared to pet dogs. It's often due to our ignorance and hostile behaviour that the stray dogs bite us.
By giving food and water we only make them friendlier and calmer. Rather keeping them hungry and relocating them to a different area will make them irritable and unfriendly and invite dog bites.
Let's hope the honorable high court reconsiders it's decision and does justice to the Indian dog who has suffered and is still suffering for no fault of his. It's sheer ignorance and faulty implementation of the ABC program that there has risen so much conflict. This is all man's creation and not the poor dog's. But unfortunately it is he who is paying the price for man's fault.