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The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted in 1960 to prevent the infliction of unnecessary pain or suffering on animals and to amend the laws relating to the prevention of cruelty to animals. The act defines "animal" as 'any living creature other than a human being'. [1] [2] [3]
Animal experimentation began in India in the 1860s when Britain began introducing new drugs to the colony. Moved by the suffering of Indian strays and draught animals, Colesworthey Grant founded the first Indian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) in 1861 in Calcutta. The Indian SPCAs successfully lobbied for anti-cruelty ...
The Animal Welfare Board of India was established in 1962 under Section 4 of The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. [3] Well-known humanitarian Rukmini Devi Arundale participated in setting up the board [3] and was its first chair. [4] The Board consists of 28 Members, who serve for a period of 3 years.
Tripura Land Revenue and Land Reforms Act: 1960: 43 Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act: 1960: 59 Preference Shares (Regulation of Dividend) Act: 1960: 63 Acquired Territories (Merger) Act: 1960: 64 Advocates Act: 1961: 25 Salar Jung Museum Act: 1961: 26 Motor Transport Workers Act: 1961: 27 Dowry Prohibition Act: 1961: 28 Delhi (Urban Areas ...
In the US it was many years until there was a national law to protect animals—the Animal Welfare Act of 1966—although there were a number of states that passed anti-cruelty laws between 1828 and 1898. [22] In India, animals are protected by the "Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960".
Rukmini Devi Arundale (née Sastri; 29 February 1904 – 24 February 1986) [1] was an Indian theosophist, dancer and choreographer of the Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam, and an activist for animal welfare. She was the first woman in Indian history to be nominated as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of ...
According to the newly amended Indian animal welfare act, 2011 cruelty to animals is an offense and is punishable with a fine which shall not be less than ten thousand Rupees, which may extend to twenty-five thousand rupees or with imprisonment up to two years or both in the case of a first offense.
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