Rajanna Sircilla: FIR Registered for goat sacrifice following intervention by PETA India and SAFI Hyderabad

PETA India and SAFI facilitated an FIR after a video showed a goat being slaughtered in public at Chinna Lingapur, Thangallapally Mandal. Police booked the person seen in the video under BNS and PCA Act provisions, which mandate penalties for animal cruelty.

Hyderabad: The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals India (PETA India), in coordination with the Stray Animal Foundation of India (SAFI), facilitated the registration of a first information report (FIR) after learning that a group of men had sacrificed a goat at Chinna Lingapur, Thangallapally Mandal, on October 2.

The incident was caught on video showing men surrounding a frightened goat which was beheaded with an axe and the slaughter taking place in full public view, PETA India said in a statement, adding that it coordinated with the Thangallapalli Police Station to register the FIR following a complaint filed by Adulapuram Goutham, Cruelty Prevention Manager at SAFI, Hyderabad.

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The FIR has been registered against the individual seen in the video under Section 325 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 and Section 11(1)(a) and 11(1)(l) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act, 1960. Section 325 of the BNS, 2023 categorises the maiming or killing of any animal as a cognisable offence and prescribes a punishment of imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years, or with a fine, or with both.

The Supreme Court has ordered that animals can be slaughtered only in licensed slaughterhouses and that municipal authorities must ensure compliance with this ruling. The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Slaughter House) Rules, 2001, and the Food Safety and Standards (Licensing and Registration of Food Businesses) Regulations, 2011 permit the slaughter of animals for food only in licensed slaughterhouses equipped with species-specific stunning equipment, the PETA India statement added.