Since the
newsletter is going mainly to a readership already converted to the
cause, refrain from preachy, moralistic articles about the cruelty and
unfairness of man's behaviour to animals.
Instead
concentrate on recent news and information that highlight the organisation/cause,
work that has been done during that period, provide members useful directions/guidelines
and specific knowledge on particular issues e.g. nutrition, animal laws
and so on.
The newsletter
can include a few regular features such as
- Letter
from the Editor/Issue of the day
•have a
stick with a nail at the end?
•poke
the animal with a sharp instrument?
•poke a
stick into the rectum?
•hit to
make the animal run?
•use the
animal when the temperature is very high?
•use the
animal for more than five hours in a day at a stretch?
•give
the animal sufficient rest, food and water?
•disengage/unharness
the animal after work?
As mentioned
earlier, PCA, 1960 and PCDPA, 1965 are the two primary legal instruments
to prevent such cruelties to animals. Some of the important sections
and rules concerning this are:
Section
3 of PCA, 1960, which makes it a duty for the person in charge
of the animal to ensure its well being and prevent any infliction of
unnecessary pain or suffering to it.
Section
11 of PCA, 1960 lays down a list of actions that can be considered
cruel, and makes it illegal to do any of the following:
•beating,
kicking, overloading, torturing or otherwise causing unnecessary pain
suffering to an animal,
•using
sick or injured animals for work,
•administering
injurious drugs or substances to an animal or inducing an animal to
take such drugs or substance, •failing to provide an animal sufficient
food, drink and shelter,
•mutilating
or killing an animal in an unnecessarily cruel manner
•confining
an animal. This section also makes an owner liable to imprisonment if
he fails to exercise such care and supervision.
Section
29 of PCA, 1960 gives the court the power to deprive persons
convicted of ownership of an animal. In such a situation, the court
can, on the basis of evidence, order that the owner forfeits the animal
to the Government and may order disposal of the animal. If necessary,
it can also prohibit the offender from owning any kind of animal in
future.
Rule
6 of the PCDPA, 1965 prohibits the use of an animal for more
than nine hours a day and more than five hours at a stretch. It also
prohibits the use of an animal when the temperature exceeds 37 0 C between
12 noon to 3 p.m.
Rule
7 of the PCDPA, 1965 directs a person to see that the animal
is disengaged after work. This means that
the harness
should be removed from the animal after it is no longer needed for work.
Rule
8 of PCDPA, 1965 prohibits the use of any spiked stick, bit
or sharp equipment likely to cause bruises or swelling or severe pain
to the animal.
the harness
should be removed from the animal after it is no longer needed for work.
Rule 8 of PCDPA, 1965 prohibits the use of any spiked stick, bit or
sharp equipment likely to cause bruises or swelling or severe pain to
the animal.
WEIGHT
OF THE LOAD
The most
important aspect in understanding and dealing with the problem of over
loading is to check the weight of the load that is being carried which
is ideal. The weight of the cart can be checked on a weigh bridge. However,
if there is no weigh bridge nearby one can use the volume of the material
to approximate the weight of the items. This gives a rough idea of whether
or not cart is overloaded.
Rule
3 of the PCDPA, 1965 lays down the maximum load an animal
should be made to carry with respect to its individual weight and the
type of vehicle it is drawing. A tabular representation is shown below:
The most important aspect in understanding and dealing with the problem
of over loading is to check the weight of the load that is being carried
which is ideal. The weight of the cart can be checked on a weigh bridge.
However, if there is no weigh bridge nearby one can use the volume of
the material to approximate the weight of the items. This gives a rough
idea of whether or not cart is overloaded.
Rule
3 of the PCDPA, 1965 lays down the maximum load an animal
should be made to carry with respect to its individual weight and the
type of vehicle it is drawing. A tabular representation is shown below:
