On 17th September the animal right group People for Ethical treatment of Animals (PETA) has filed a case against the Punjab directorate of animal husbandry for conducting illegal testing’s and experiments on animals which violates law on prevention of cruelty to animals. PETA also got a document stating violation of prevention of cruelty to animal act 1960 under the right to information act as it was not registered as an institute for conducting test and experiments.
PETA also received information that a rabbit is being killed by hitting hammer on the head by the operators under directorate at Punjab veterinary vaccine institute. On Thursday PETA’s senior campaign coordinator Dharmesh Solanki issued an urgent letter to the committee to stop such an illegal act and urging it to take some necessary action against directorate. In the letter to CPCSEA, PETA also mentioned that the directorate is not registered as an institute to where experiments are conducted on animals- a government body which comes under the ministry for environment and forests.
PETA is shocked to know that even government institute are involved in a breach of law. So in the letter, PETA asked CPCSEA to notify all labs in India via newspaper ads, email etc that they should strictly adhere to all rules and regulation regarding experiments on animals and if not then immediate action would be taken against those institute which violates the law.
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