CRUELTY TOWARDS ANIMALS
Cruelty to animals has become an international issue concerning animal welfare. Animals are subjected to harsh treatments due to many human needs. This is a serious issue that needs to be addressed and stopped. Cruelty towards animals has led to many deaths, and it is gradually increasing as the world population is increasing.
In some of the zoos, it can be seen that the animals are kept in a dirty cage with unhygienic methods of feeding. This treatment has to lead to unfortunate deaths of animals due to diseases and poor standards of treatment. The veiled ill-treatment of animals in the experiment laboratories can make one nauseous to look at. The animals in these laboratories are injected with trial medicines and often kept at freezing temperatures. These harsh actions on animals lead to their painful death.
Animal cruelty is the poor and violent treatment towards naïve organisms. Animal cruelty is carried out in many organizations under the veil of research and experimentation. It has been found that certain zoos and wildlife statuaries have poor living conditions for the animals. This has led to the endangerment and extinction of many animals.
♠ Conclusion :-
Cruelty to animals has become a nationwide problem nowadays. The government has already imposed a few laws and a few more are needed. Along with that, social awareness is also required. Students should learn how to treat animals in schools. Parents should also treat their pets well and teach their children
No law in the benevolent civilization allows cruelty towards animals of any kind. But in our day to day life, we encounter animal cruelty or products obtained from animal cruelty. The cosmetic industry uses animals to test their products, the medical industry uses animals to test their medicines, the textile industry uses animal skin and fur to create fabrics, and the food industry uses parts of animals to prepare delicacies. Every year millions of animals are murdered in order to bestow the human civilization.
Animal cruelty is a punishable offence, however least steps and actions are taken to ensure the guilt-ridden are punished. Everyday cruelty to animals are done, and the human civilization steps down in the moral stairs.
♣Brief Analysis of Animal Abuse in India :-
19,028 cases of animal brutality were recorded in Mumbai in a span of 5 years (2011-2016). Although, not even a single arrest was made.
On May 18th, 2018 almost about 100 dead bodies of dogs were found in the forest area in Kongara, Hyderabad.
A pregnant goat was gang raped by 8 men in Gurgaon, Haryana on July 29th 2018 and was later declared dead.
In August 2017, a man was held accused for raping a young female puppy to death.
In January, 2018 a man in Vadodara allegedly raped 3 cows in Vadodara. A case was filed under section 295A of the IPC which defines deliberate and malicious acts done intentionally to insult the religious feelings of any religious class.
♠Types of Animal Abuse
♦Sexual Abuse (Bestiality) :-
Bestiality is term given to an intercourse between a human and non-human (animal). It basically refers to the degrading act of a human having sexual intercourse with an animal. Horrific and disturbing cases of rage against animals are on the headlines very often nowadays. It is not an uncommon-phenomena anymore. In July, 2018, a pregnant goat was gangraped by 8 men in Haryana, Gujarat. In the same month, a 35-year-old man was accused of allegedly having sex with a female dog in his house in Kolkata. A similar incident was reported in Vadodara, where 3 pregnant cows were raped by a single man, who worked as a laborer. Such incidents are a clear proof to the fact that there is no decency and humanity left in human beings. Most people believe that animals do not have the same rights as humans.
♦Physical Domestic Abuse :-
This is a type of abuse where the violence inflicted upon the animals is absolutely intentional. The motive is to cause deep injury, severe pain and mental trauma to the animal. Physical violence creates an environment for the animals which makes them feel dominated, terrorized and frightened. Some people are incapable of showing love and affection to animals. Domestic abuse can take up many forms such as beating, stabbing, kicking, starving, neglecting, burning etc. If a man can beat, hit or cause harm to his own wife, then there is a very high probability that he might do the same with his own pet. One of the most tragic incidents of this kind happened in 2016. A medical student of Chennai, India, threw a 5-month-old puppy off the roof of his terrace. Although the puppy survived, it sustained many serious and internal injuries.
♦Organised Animal Abuse :-
Organized animal abuse is a form of animal abuse in the way of animal fighting like dog fighting, bull fighting and cock fighting, mostly for entertainment purposes. It is a staged form of fight where animals are prepared to fight against each other in a very violent and aggressive way. In the end, animals either die or are immensely hurt. Such fights are mostly underground hence they are well hidden from the eyes of the authority. The identification of such fights is a difficult process as it is very secretive in nature. Animal fighting in many countries is illegal as it usually involves gambling, money laundering and drug dealing.
♠Laws implemented for Animal Abuse In the Constitution of India,1949 :-
✓Article 48 talks about improvement of agriculture and animal husbandry. It provides guidelines for the state to organize agriculture and animal husbandry based on new modern and scientific methods and to get rid of the old traditional ones. It prohibits the practice of animal slaughtering and imposes a complete ban on the slaughtering of cows, calves, milch and draught cattle.
✓Article 48A talks about the protection of the environment and wildlife. It directs the state to protect and improve the condition of the environment, safeguard and preserve the forests and wildlife of the country.
✓Article 51A lays down the 11 fundamental duties that were added in the Constitution by the 42nd Amendment act, 1976. Article 51A(g) specifies that it is the utmost duty of every citizen to protect and preserve the natural environment which includes the wild life, forests, lakes, rivers etc. It also lays that the citizens must have feelings of compassion and love towards the animals.
BY :- SAURABH YADAV .
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