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PETA India has urged the Centre to withdraw proposed 2026 rules on laboratory animal experimentation, alleging they could weaken animal welfare safeguards, reduce independent oversight and permit experiments on protected wildlife and community animals. It has advocated stronger protections and non-animal research methods

Police registered a case against the NIT Warangal chief warden and three dog catchers for allegedly relocating stray dogs from campus in an inhumane manner. Animal activists accused them of cruelty, saying dogs were dragged and injured before intervention halted the activity

A man, Jitendra alias Ballam, was arrested in Baghpat for allegedly torturing a dog and forcing it to drink alcohol after a video went viral. A case under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act has been registered

Before killing their pet labrador, the family called up a dog lover from Pimpri and asked her to come and take the dog away

Agacaim Police said that the case has been registered against the accused Bharat, who allegedly ran his vehicle over the dog.

A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha noted that there was a delay of 358 days in filing the appeal against an Allahabad High Court order of 2017

A complaint in this regard was lodged by a 20-year-old member of the Citizens for Animal Protection Foundation at Rabodi police station.