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Dear All,

 

The Animal Shows have been Stopped.Now The Magician make a motorbike disappear

in place of Elephant.This is a great victory with all the support from Animal

welfare Board of India and its Secretary Dr.Balasubramanian.The other Magician

Samrat Shankar is using car in place of elephant.

 

regards,

Sandeep. 

Restrain magician from showing animals in shows: AWBI

Tripti Nath

Tribune News Service

 

New Delhi, May 7

The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI),an autonomous body under the

administrative control of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, has written

to the District Collector of Ludhiana to restrain a magician from exhibiting

unregistered animals in magic shows.

 

AWBI secretary R. Balasubramanian sent a letter to the District Collector of

Ludhiana after receiving a complaint from the Ludhiana unit of People for

Animals (PFA). In its complaint, PFA said that magician O.P. Sharma was using

animals in magic shows without obtaining registration from AWBI.

 

In his letter to the District Collector of Ludhiana, Balasubranian has said ``We

have received reports that O.P.Sharma is camping in Ludhiana and exhibiting

animals in magic shows. As per the Performing Animals Registration Rules, 2001,

notified under Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, any person desirous

of training, exhibiting or performing animals, should apply for registration to

the prescribed authority, that is AWBI, and shall not train, perform or exhibit

any animal without registering the animals under these rules. As required under

the said rules, we have to get an inspection report before issuing necessary

registration certificate. Since the registration certificate has not been

received by the magic show, the magic company should be restrained from using

animals for performing or exhibiting.''

 

Dr Sandeep Kumar Jain, president, PFA, Ludhiana, and former member of AWBI told

TNS that AWBI registration is mandatory in case of performance, exhibition and

training of animals for entertainment or commercial purpose.

 

Dr Jain said that the magician has got a month's sanction for holding magic

shows in Ludhiana. ''He is using an elephant, seven pigeons, six dogs and three

rabbits for his tricks.''

 

He explained that a person who wishes to perform, exhibit or train animals for

entertainment or commercial purpose has to apply to AWBI for registration with a

fee of Rs 500. In order to get registration, the applicant is required to fulfil

several conditions.''Any person who keeps more than ten animals has to employ a

veterinary doctor. Every month, he is required to send a status report on the

health of the animals. He is also required to send record of birth and death of

these animals to AWBI.''

 

Dr Jain said that he met the management of the O.P. Shrama Magico and tried to

dissuade them from using animals in magic shows. He said that noted magician

Samrat Shankar was booked in September 2003 under the Wildlife Protection Act

for using a python in his shows. His associates were fined Rs 20,000 each. The

python was seized and sent to Chattbir zoo.

(www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050508/ldh1.httm#7)