Thane: The clean coordination between animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and rural police, coupled with the swift action taken by the latter, stopped a scheduled unlawful bullock cart race in Shahapur’s Ambarje village much earlier than it might commence on Sunday.
On getting a tip off a couple of bullock cart race to be held in Shahpur on Sunday morning, PETA contributors instantly reached out to the Thane rural superintendent of police for assist on Saturday evening.
“I were given a choice from an area in the house, who informed me that a few native bullock homeowners had organized a bullock race on Sunday morning and were inviting financial bets for a similar. As the Supreme Court (SC) has made it clear that such bullock cart races are unlawful as they contain the thrashing of bulls with sticks and stabbing them with nails to force them to run, I instantly reached out to the Thane rural police the evening earlier than the scheduled race,” said Meet Ashar, PETA India lead emergency reaction coordinator.
The Thane rural police then reached out to the organisers of the race and warned them that the execution of such an event was banned by the SC and they would be booked for cruelty to animals.
While the organisers instantly called off the event, animal rights activists claimed that such unlawful bullock cart racing occasions have transform commonplace across the state and lots of taking place in the internal areas continue to move disregarded.
“Over the past six months, now we have prevented 25 to 30 such races from taking place in Maharashtra. However, as those unlawful actions happen in far off villages, there is also many more that go unchecked,” said Asher.
On getting a tip off a couple of bullock cart race to be held in Shahpur on Sunday morning, PETA contributors instantly reached out to the Thane rural superintendent of police for assist on Saturday evening.
“I were given a choice from an area in the house, who informed me that a few native bullock homeowners had organized a bullock race on Sunday morning and were inviting financial bets for a similar. As the Supreme Court (SC) has made it clear that such bullock cart races are unlawful as they contain the thrashing of bulls with sticks and stabbing them with nails to force them to run, I instantly reached out to the Thane rural police the evening earlier than the scheduled race,” said Meet Ashar, PETA India lead emergency reaction coordinator.
The Thane rural police then reached out to the organisers of the race and warned them that the execution of such an event was banned by the SC and they would be booked for cruelty to animals.
While the organisers instantly called off the event, animal rights activists claimed that such unlawful bullock cart racing occasions have transform commonplace across the state and lots of taking place in the internal areas continue to move disregarded.
“Over the past six months, now we have prevented 25 to 30 such races from taking place in Maharashtra. However, as those unlawful actions happen in far off villages, there is also many more that go unchecked,” said Asher.
PETA, police stop bullock cart race in Shahapur village
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