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Public Policy for Animal Welfare in India
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ANIMAL WELFARE in INDIA.
Issues, Challenges and Recommendations

Submitted by – DR. PUNIT G. (PGP-2), IIMA.

ARTICLE 51 of INDIAN CONSTITUTION
Article 51 of Indian constitution provides protection to animals in India by ensuring “Compassion to all living creatures”. For ensuring the same, PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS act was enacted in 1960 under which the Government of India instituted the ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD of INDIA for carrying out the activities mentioned in the above mentioned act. Following are some of the important points to be discussed in this backdrop: 1. Saving of DOG population from mass killing by local municipal corporations. a. Enforcing the ANIMAL BIRTH CONTROL PROGRAMME throughout India, i.e. replacing mass killing of stray dogs with vaccination & sterilization programmes. 2. Creating SPCA’s (Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), monitoring their activities, and derecognizing those which are non-working or misusing their mandate. 3. Work towards licensing and taxation of all dog and cat sellers.

The report that follows will discuss each issue in the backdrop of the necessity for creating such an article in the act, the relevance in today‟s time, critical analysis of the policy, any suggestions/recommendations to improve the efficacy for the purpose for which it was put in the first place.

ABC program:
“SAVING of DOG POPULATION from MASS KILLING”
OVERVIEW: Mass killing of stray dogs was started in India in the 19th century during the times of Britishruled India. Almost 50,000 dogs were killed every year even after Independence by the local municipal authorities with an objective to eradicate RABIES and also reduce the stray dog population in India. But in 1993, finally the government admitted that this policy had been a complete failure as human deaths due to rabies had actually increased, and also the dog population was on a rise. This meant that the application of the technique (mass-killing)

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