Many a time, despite our good intent we feel helpless, we feel weak…we know we are right but don’t have the facts, be it scientific or judicial to back up our statements to convince the person we are trying to communicate our point to. At this point, we often wish and pray that someone gives us the information we so desperately need. This page is an attempt in that direction, so that when we speak about an issue and supplement it with fact/s, people know what we are trying to talk about and they take us and our words seriously.
The links on this page are a compilation of information that will arm you to safeguard the rights of the animals you care for. Please click on the underlined Text/Links below to view and download the files, as required for by you.
INFORM. SHARE. INSPIRE
Indian Street Dogs and their ‘rights’: presents a detailed summary with a summary of all you need to know to safeguard the rights of the street dogs you care for.
- The Indian Street Dog and related awareness material on the best way to behave around them
- A Dossier of Indian Street Dog related laws and court rulings
- The laws governing Street Dog Sterilization and the way street dogs need to be treated in India
- The Stray feeding guidelines by the Department of Personnel & Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, New Delhi letter no.F.No.30/9/2006-WELFARE dated 26.5.2006
- A Direct Order dated 3rd March 2008 was issued by Animal Welfare Board of India, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India (D.O. AWBI/PCA/3.3.2008)
- Delhi High Court Ruling on feeding Street Dogs
- A copy of the Delhi’s Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s order dated 2nd May 2007 related to feeding and looking after Street Dogs (CC No. 47/1/2007- case of Mita Das Gupta vs.Malini Sehgal etc.)
- AWBI Guidelines on Street Dog feeding presented to and approved by the Delhi High Court in February 2010
- 26th February 2015 dated Circular issued by the Animal Welfare Board of India to all Resident Welfare Associations and Societies on the lawful manner of dealing with street as well as pet dogs
- Noida Federation instructions to Resident Welfare Associations regarding lawful manner of dealing with street dogs
- Gurgaon Municipal Corporation’s Directive to Presidents of Residential Welfare Societies to stop harassing people who have pets and tend to street dogs
Main laws and orders governing welfare of animals in India:
- Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960 (Also referred to as the PCA Act, 1960): Related video link and resources can also be accessed on this link including a dossier on animal protection laws for the guidance of police, HAWOs(Honorary Animal Welfare Officers), NGOs AND AWOs(Animal Welfare Organisations). This compendium in Question and Answer Format that will guide you on how to take action against various forms of animal cruelty and work with the law enforcement agencies
- Rules under Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960
- Wildlife Protection Act 1972
- Environment Protection Act 1986
Some relevant recent orders:
- Slaughtering and sale of Dog, Cat, Camel Meat is Illegal under the Food Safety and Standards Act
- Supreme Court of India stands up for Animal Rights, bans cruel bull-taming sport ‘Jallikattu’
Reporting and taking action on incidents involving Cruelty to Animals, which do have serious repercussions on the health of our society, if not reported on time:
- What to do when you see an animal being treated cruelly?
- To all those of you who are being harassed by their neighbourhood for tending to animals….
- Wildlife Crime Investigations and the Legal system
- Animal Abuse-from F.I.R to Jail
- For reporting animal cruelty cases: How to approach the police for help?
- Reporting a Crime: All about lodging an F.I.R with the Police
- Video: How to lodge an F.I.R with the Police when you see animal cruelty?
- Video: How to lodge a P.I.L (Public Interest Litigation) to benefit Animals?
Pets and Resident Welfare Associations (News Clippings, Consumer Court Orders and more):
- Pets and Resident Welfare Associations (RWA): How does the law treat your pet?
- The law on pet owners in apartments
- How to act when your society RWA puts a bar on letting your pet dog use the building lift?
- Dogs are family, can use lifts for free, rules court
- Can’t remove Pets or harass those who feed street animals, Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon tells RWAs
- Residential Societies can’t ban people from having Pet Animals
Some First Aid tips to help your neighbourhood street dogs
- First Aid tips for taking care of the dog on your street
- The Dog Care Field Manual by Harrell Graham
- Useful Link for Homeopathic Treatment of Animals
- Medicine list to cure a dog who has had a paralytic attack*
- Treating Dogs with Maggot infestations
- Elbow rashes in street dogs- the ‘magic’ cure!
- Ear infections in Street Dogs-our experience at treating them
- Limping Dogs: A treatment we used that worked!
- Non-surgical treatment of Haematoma of the Ear in Old Dogs
- Home remedy to cure dry, flaking skin and lice infestation in dogs
- Treating a dog for a wasp/bee sting
- Is your neighbourhood street dog coughing off late? Sharing a treatment that may work
- Do-it-Yourself: How do we pick up street dogs and take them to the nearest vet in our car
Please let us know what more subjects you yearn for more information on and we will dig through our brains to write on them. Thanks.
Your suggestions and ideas are always welcome, please write to us at contact@jaagruti.org
Keep checking this page for regular updates. Thanks
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I have seen Buffaloes being transported in trucks for over 800 kms with our break. In each truck there are 5 * 6 = 30 Buffaloes .
It is pathetic to watch it. I have seen this when I was travelling by road and not just one truck by 10 trucks. It is a very regular affair. I am sure there is a very big link because the reg no of the trucks are tampered and these have to pass thro 3 state check posts So can any one help me how to address this issue and to whom?
The route of the transportation is Vijayawada in Andra Pradesh, Chennai, Madurai in Tamil NAdu and Kerla.
These animals are tightly packed and they cannot even move little and they have to stay in this condition for 1000 kms .
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I saw many people abusing when sm one feed dogs, they say dat they are barking, but my friends they only bark on strangers n once they recognise u then they wont bark, why people dont understand this… I think govt must implement a law to BMC to provide them the food at least once a day time. Its our responsibility to look after all the animals, bcoz they cnt work like us, they are totally dependent on us, so cant we give a small piece of bread to them.. bleave me GOD is grt, keep them happy god’s blessing will allways b on us and he wil b more happy.
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very good thinking indeed , you need not to ask help from govt for this gr8 cause , u just need to find out as many dog lovers as u can in your area to start with , talk to them be a united power.
Get to know all animal acts thru web. take police help as and when needed.
If u need any further help contact me.. keep up the good work… cheers
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HI, you are recommending another way to fill up politicians/govt officials pockets. A fund of several crore will get passed to feed stray animals, and all that will go in pockets of intermediaries. I dooubt if such law comes, even 10% will not be spent on the animal feed.
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Dear Aditya,
Kindly read my post and then replay , I was not in support of taking officials help from the first stage, I said to be united with the same thinkers from your locality then do some research on legal part and then u can proceed wid the local authority, and if u need any help from me I will be more than happy to help out.. my email Id is sanjay22wsos@gmail.com..
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What is the legal position on putting dogs to sleep? On two recent occasions we had a critically ill dog who needed to be put to sleep and two different vets refused to do it. They were very evasive as to their reasons. Who can and cannot put a dog to sleep in India, and can one insist?
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The Veterinarian has to take a call to do so if the animal is beyond recovery.
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Dear Sir/Madam,
Kindly update your mobile number as we are still getting calls on your previous mobile number – 9377666964 as people surf your website and call us.
kindly rectify the same.
thanks.
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Please be specific Mam, the number you have stated was never our number. Kindly help us identify where exactly is this number listed on our blog and we will remove the same. Thanks.
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hi friends,
there were two little little puppies born on our street a few months ago ,and every one loved them ,they wished they could pet them.a little boy took one of them home and tied a belt ,don’t know what he felt ,he left the puppy back.now many months have been passed puppies have grown big ,the belt that had been tied across its neck is getting tighter day by day.it suffers a lot and i can’t just see it grievance.every day its mother and sister do a lot of circus to remove it,but in vain.even many of our neighbors have also tried a lot but the dog has lost any faith and it fears of humans.its mother and sister will always be there with it ,one has to look even at them when handling it.plzzzzzzzzzz can any one give me information about any organizations that can help remove the belt from its neck…..my parents scold me if i attempt to do so as i stay in hostel and dont go home frequently and the dog is not familiar with me..
location :MP prakash nagar,hospet,bellary dist.karnataka,india
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Please get in touch with Mr. Rakesh Shukla of Voice of Stray Dogs, Bangalore http://www.strays.in
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i found that this rescue team works only in banglore but the address that i have mentioned is hospet ,plz help
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Please call them and take the number of Hospet based agencies from the Bangalore based rescue agency. They would be able to guide you better as compared to us in Delhi
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i m staying in a rented individual house in little outskirts of secunderabad.i have 4 dogs. i always keep dem inside the house except the tym wen dey need to do dere potty n all.
but still dey never go outside the boundary of my house.
they bark sometyms wenever dey heard some strange noise or if some one unknown. comes infront of d gate or wen i m out of d house dey cry smtyms.
my neighbour is causing me trouble becoz of dat n harrassing me some times ..they askd me not to let the dogs to go to the terrace. i even keep my surrounding very clean.
dey never bark at sleeping hours. but still dey are creating so much of trpuble. dey even told me dat i am an outsider n they are local people dats y i shud behave according to that. or else dey will take necessary actions against me. dey hv even turned d other neighbours against me.
my other neighbours too have dogs still dey are blaming me instead of dem self coz they keep their dogs out all the time.
please tell me wat to do. coz this is very annoying and depressing. makes me look bad infront of others. i am a big dog lover n never treat dem as animals. i only bought one dog n the rest three are adopted.
plz suggest something
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Sushree, we understand its tough for you. But don’t worry, the laws are on your side. Please get in touch with Mr. D. JOSHI.Executive Officer. PFA HYDERABAD AND SECUNDERABAD.Mobile No. 098499-93374. 098490-27601. He will help you out for sure on this…but you have to be strong to fight this out too.
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how to join your group
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We don’t have a membership option just as yet
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Contacted Mr.Nilesh for the rescue of crow strucked at my bunglo.He arranged the person he released the bird.
Good to see the help from the group.
Thanks.
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Very glad to learn that.
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There are *GUIDELINES* by court towards feeding telling where feeding *SHOULD* be done. If these guidelines are violated, then can the court-order be used to *FINE* the feeder? Is feeding elsewhere a punishable offence (punishment in the form of fines imposed on feeders)? I would like to be pointed out a legal document that tells that a “mere violation of a guideline by the court” cannot be interpreted as a “offence punishable by fines”. Thank you.
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A lawyer may be able to guide you on such a general document if at all, else punitive measures are only outlined as per law and rest any unstated punitive measure being forcefully applied is unlawful.
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