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TopicAnimal Cruelty

Topic: Animal Cruelty

Delhi HC bans private testing lab from testing on animals over cruelty allegations

The court directed CCSEA, MoFAHD to take immediate steps to put in place remedial measures for veterinary treatment and proper handling of animals.

After FIRs & inspections, fate of ‘tortured’ animals at Palamur lab rests on new panel report

PETA flagged irregularities about a month ago but animals are yet to be rescued. Telangana-based Palamur Biosciences has denied allegations.

Inspection panel calls for rescue of 1,200+ animals from Palamur Biosciences facility. What it found

The Centre-appointed panel found animals in poor health & living conditions. Telangana-based firm was booked after PETA alleged animal cruelty at its facility citing whistleblowers.

Telangana cops book Palamur Biosciences on animal cruelty charge after PETA ‘house of horrors’ exposé

Last week, PETA India revealed large-scale animal abuse at the Telangana-based Palamur Biosciences Pvt Ltd, one of India’s largest government-registered contract laboratories.

Indian laws are letting animals down every day. It’s a legal, moral, ethical issue

A person who tortures or kills an animal can often walk away with a fine of just Rs 50 on a first offence. With such leniency, it’s no wonder that cruelty continues unchecked.

Goldfish in perfume bottle, protected species on sale—DU students’ report on horrors of Delhi pet shops

DU law students found star turtles for sale, animals kept in filth, and puppies sold over WhatsApp in unlicensed shops across Delhi’s 8 zones.

Delhi’s sterilisation centres key to managing human-stray dog conflict. But they’re all blood & filth

Friendicoes says need of the hour was for vets, authorities & NGOs to collectively discuss how to remedy challenges faced by some ABC units, and what can be done to find solutions.

ThePrint Quiz, 20 April, 2025: Prevention of cruelty to animals

Each year, April is observed as the month for prevention of cruelty to animals. Take this quiz to test your knowledge of laws and significant dates associated with the movement.

As animal rescuers slam Delhi CM’s stray dog relocation directive, a look at issue from a legal lens

Animal rescuers believe this is a knee-jerk reaction to complaints against stray dogs, as sterilisation efforts undertaken by govt to control their population have fallen woefully short.

Arunachal Police books reggae artiste Kon Waii Son for ‘killing hen, drinking its blood on stage’

The singer-songwriter was booked under Section 325 of the BNS and Section 11 of The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. He has been summoned by Itanagar police.

On Camera

Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Secret to Pakistan aircraft losses in Op Sindoor could lie in Martin-Baker’s ejection seats records

New Delhi: On 7 May this year, as India and Pakistan entered into what was to be an 88-hour conflict, British firm Martin-Baker, which...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.