Notice issued to Circus Company.

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 Following Submission of inspection report by inspection team comprising of

representatives of People For animals Ludhiana and Veterinarians of Animal

Husbandary Deptt. reg. violation of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act,

1960, by Amar Circus, which is camping in the city, the Deputy Director, Animal

Husbandry, today issued a notice to its manager for restraining sick animals

from performing and providing veterinary care to them immediately.

 

The Deputy Director also summoned the record pertaining to the registration for

performance of animals with the Animal Welfare Board of India, appointment of a

permanent veterinarian by the circus and the treatment and death records of

animals as per the Performing Animals (Registration) Rules, 2001.

 

The manager has been asked to produce the record in the office of the Deputy tomorrow. The notice has further asked the manager to get the opacity

of eyes of the hippopotamus treated by a veterinarian or a wildlife expert. The

Deputy Director said keeping ox without FMD and HS vaccination was also in

violation of rules.

 

The action follows an inspection conducted by a joint team of veterinary

officers and activists of the People for Animals, who had in their report

claimed that many animals perfo