Northeast ill-treating its animals: Maneka

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Northeast ill-treating its animals: Maneka

 

From Our Correspondent

SHILLONG, Jan 30 – Barring Guwahati city in the Northeast, the rest

of the region was indifferent towards plight of ill-treated animals,

stated former Union Minister and animal lover, Maneka Gandhi.

 

Answering to queries on India TV's India Bole live phone-in

progamme, on Sunday last, Maneka said programmes and facilities for

animal care was virtually absent in the North East.

 

Therefore, plenty of animals were being ill-treated and left uncared

for in the Northeast in the absence of such programmes and

facilities.

 

She stated that fund for animal care was never a constraint, but

what was required was a general sense of empathy towards plight of

animals from the general public and government agencies alike.

 

Lauding the outreach programmes for animal care in Guwahati city,

she said, it was the only city in the entire region, which was

taking care of its animals.

 

In Meghalaya, she said, organizations even misused funds earmarked

to set up facilities for animals few years back. " At least 10

organizations in Meghalaya had taken fund to set up facilities for

animal care, " she informed.

 

However, none fulfilled their objective and the fund was all

misused. The fund was earmarked for procuring ambulances and

establishing hospitals for animals and setting up outreach

programmes for animals.