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CHENNAI: Every day, cases of cruelty to animals are reported across the country. But the perpetrators often get away unscathed as the penalty for a first-time offender is a meagre Rs 50 under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act 1960.
Animal welfare activists have been trying for decades to amend the Act and pushing for more stringent penalties. And now the general public also has an opportunity to weigh in the issues. The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) and the Union ministry of fisheries, animal husbandry and dairying are accepting suggestions from the public.
“On April 15, the ministry of agriculture held a webinar inviting stakeholders to discuss amendments to the PCA Act 1960,” said Chinny Krishna, co-founder, Blue Cross of India, and former vice chairman of AWBI, adding that from 1996, the AWBI had been recommending changes to the PCA Act to the government.