CURELTY TOWARDS ANIMAL

 

Cruelty and Inhumanity towards Animals 

As it has been rightly said by Abraham Lincoln, “I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.” In India though, many do not feel the same way. Cases of cruelty and inhumanity towards animals are on the rise and what’s being done to stop it? There are numerous laws in India that were established to safeguard animals and stop cruelty towards them but very few are aware of what they are and how they work.

In India, it is a common sight to see crudely castrated bulls pulling carts full of huge loads and being whipped repeatedly if it stops on the way. People pelting stones at dogs and cats out of fun and how to forget, all the ‘taming’ contests, fights and cart races where animals like bulls, cows and hens are treated as if they are just playful objects. In this world of modernization and development people are slowly losing their ethos and morals not only towards each other but towards these innocent animals as well.

To put a stop to animal cruelty, the Central government has passed several laws, the most commendable being the “The Prevention of Cruelty Animals Act, 1960”.
Apart from that, there is the “Wildlife Protection Act, 1972” as well which was established for the protection of animal species and plants

The Prevention of Cruelty Animals Act, 1960

a) Beating, Kicking, Over-riding, Over-driving, Over-loading, Torturing, Causing unnecessary pain or suffering to any animal

(b) Employing any animal which, by reason of its age or any disease, unfit to be so employed, and still making it work or labour or for any purpose;

(c) Willfully and unreasonably administering any injurious drug or injurious substance;

(d) Keeping for an unreasonable time any animal chained or tethered upon an unreasonably heavy chain or chord;

(e) Conveying or carrying, either in or upon any vehicle in such a manner as to subject it to unnecessary pain or suffering;

 

  

Cruel Treatment of Animals is a Punishable Offense

If any animal is subjected to any form of cruelty specified treated in any cruel way, in any of the ways provided under Section11 (a) to (o) of The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, the offender (in the case of a first offence) will have to pay fine which shall extend to fifty rupees and if it is the case of second offence or subsequent offence committed within three years of the previous offence, he will be fined with not less than twenty-five rupees but which may extend to one hundred rupees or with the imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months or with both. Also, in the case of second offence, the offender’s vehicle is confiscated, and he will never be allowed to keep an animal again.

Conclusion
The government has an imperative capacity, i.e., if the disciplines for such sorts of offense can be made stricter, then the general population will attempt to fare thee well and won't savagely murder blameless animals.
In 2011, the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals revised and renamed as Indian Animal Welfare Act as a need was felt to change the old law. Notwithstanding such a large number of laws the drive will just come when individuals work together with every living creature's common sense entitlement bodies and associations and endeavor endeavors to ad lib the pitiable state of creatures. Aside from this, legislature and non-government organizations can find a way to amend the framework