PETA: FIRs Filed Over Shocking Animal Sacrifice Videos

PETA | Hyderabad, July 29: Telangana Police have registered cases at Jagtial and Warangal against persons who displayed extreme cruelty during an animal sacrifice.

Videos circulating in social media depicted individuals killing goats by biting and twisting their necks, the People for Ethical Treatment Animals (PETA) said here.

The animal sacrifice videos at Chinna Metpalli village, Jagtial district and near Bodrai, Khila Warangal, were circulating on social media.

PETA India

Responding to these videos, PETA, India with the intervention of former Union Minister Maneka Gandhi and in coordination with Kotala Sri Vidhya, Cruelty Prevention Assistant at Stray Animal Foundation of India (SAFI) Hyderabad, facilitated registration of two FIRs at Korutla Police Station in Jagtial and AJ Mills Colony Police Station in Warangal.

The Korutla Police registered FIR against Neelam Rakesh, under Sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Telangana Animals and Birds Sacrifices Prohibition (TABSP) Act while the other FIR was registered by the AJ Mills Colony Police against an unknown individual.

“PETA India is deeply grateful to Maneka Gandhi for her prompt intervention and unwavering support, and we commend the Telangana Police for registering the FIR and sending the message that cruelty to animals will not be tolerated,” says PETA India Cruelty Response Coordinator, Virendra Singh.

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