SHILLONG, AUG 13: East Khasi hills deputy commissioner Sanjay Goyal has banned bull fighting and issued order that an FIR will be registered against anyone engaged in the sport of bull fighting and stringent action will be taken as per provision of the Act.
The ban followed the meeting of the District Level Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of which the East Khasi hills deputy commissioner is the chairman. The meeting viewed with concern the practice of bull fight and performances.
Deputy commissioner under the provision of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 as amended by Central Act 26 of 1982 ordered a ban on bull fighting in the district..
The deputy commissioner further informed that slaughter houses should take necessary steps in preventing cruelty to animals so as to avoid implications of the Act.
Goyal has accordingly requested interested ngos to come forward and register themselves as a Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) under the district administration.- By Our Reporter
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