(IN) West Bengal tops list of states cruel to animals

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It Does not Mean that other states are Cruelty free.In Many States nothing Has

been done to Make SPCAs effective. Punjab is such a state that There are no

infirmaries, Though these are on Papers as a result of a writ. These were

notified but nothing has come out, no Budget allocated I filed aRTI query and I

was asked to take a grant of % lacs from AH Husbandry Deptt.But I declined and

State Information Commission Fined the AH Deptt. Ultimately Deptt.agreed that It

is lacking facilities. The documents has been given for PIL in State High Court.

SKJ

 

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 wrote :

> *http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=36939*

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>*Thursday, March 27, 2008*

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> Maximum number of cases pertaining to cruelty to animals in the country

>have been reported from West Bengal. More than, 17,000 such cases were

>reported during the year 2006-07. West Bengal also tops in cruelty to

>animals during last 3 years i.e. 2004-05 to 2006-07. During this 3 years

>40,000 animals were reported for facing cruelty. Delhi stands second

>followed by Uttar Pradesh in this cruelty. During last 3 years, 1389, 1572

>and 1826 cases were reported respectively in Delhi. During the same period

>less than 4,000 cases were reported from Uttar Pradesh. 1541 cases were

>reported during 2004-05, 1296 cases during 2005-06 and 1127 cases were

>reported during 2006-07 in Uttar Pradesh.

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>During the year 2006-07, 255 cases of animal cruelty were reported in

>Haryana, 79 in Kerala, 71 in Andhra Pradesh and 65 in Chhattisgarh.

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>The number of persons convicted in this regard were highest in Uttar Pradesh

>followed by Delhi and West Bengal respectively. 4265 persons were convicted

>during 2004-05, 3338 were convicted during 2005-06 and 3037 were convicted

>during 2006-07 where as, 1389, 1570 and 1838 persons were convicted in Delhi

>during same respective period.

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>The Government has made provisions to check such incidents. The Preventions

>of cruelty to animals (PCA) Act, 1960 was enacted by the Central Government

>to prevent infliction of unnecessary pain or suffering on animals.

>Prevention of Cruelty falls in the Concurrent List of the Constitution and

>hence the appropriate law enforcement machinery are the State

>Government/Local Authorities. Animal welfare Board of India (AWBI), the

>statutory body under the Ministry of Environment & Forests addresses all the

>State Governments to enforce the provisions regarding cruelties to animals

>and to book the offenders suitably.

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