PETA India,SAVE Society in coordination with Jammu Police organised workshop at DPL Jammu to Combat Cruelty to Animals

Jammu 25 November :- Police officers inluding Probationary DySP’s and Sub-inspectors from Jammu, Kathua and Samba districts gathered at the District Police Lines, Jammu, to attend a workshop conducted by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals India (PETA India) in association with Save Animals Value Environment (SAVE) Society, a local NGO from Jammu & Kashmir, on combating cruelty to animals. This important initiative was made possible under the visionary leadership of Bhim Sen Tuti, IPS, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Jammu Division; Shiv Kumar, IPS, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP), Jammu Range & Sr.Superintendent of Police Jammu Joginder Singh,JKPS.

DIG JSK Range,Shiv Kumar Sharma-IPS during his address points out the various issues regarding animal protection and challenges as well as need for enforcement of animal protection laws on ground with letter and spirit.He stressed upon officers to understand the rising importance and awareness of animal protection laws and need to implement them on ground.

Nearly 100 police officers—including Probationary sub-inspectors and deputy superintendents of police—participated in the one day workshop. The session covered key provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act, 1960; the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (as amended in 2022); the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023; and other animal protection laws.
Shiv Kumar, IPS, DIGP, Jammu-Samba-Kathua Range; Joginder Singh,JKPS Senior Superintendent of Police, Jammu and Irshad H.Rather, Superintendent of Police, Headquarters, Jammu, were also in attendance.

“Jammu authorities aim to crack down on cruelty to animals, and PETA India is pleased to support them in this effort,” says Meet Ashar, PETA India’s Legal Advisor and Director of Cruelty Response. “On behalf of animals and society at large, we are thankful to Jammu for taking cruelty to animals seriously.”

This initiative is part of PETA India’s ongoing efforts to sensitise law enforcement personnel and empower animal rights activists across India to ensure that crimes against animals are addressed with the seriousness they deserve. Similar sensitization workshops have previously been conducted for Border Security Force officials in Gwalior (October 2024); the Chhattisgarh State Police (November 2024); the Goa State Police and Goa Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services officials (April 2025), North and South Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) inspectors and field officers and, Executive Magistrates, North and South Goa (September 2025); Pune City Police (April 2025), Nagpur City Police (May 2025); Belagavi and Hubli–Dharwad City Police, and Belagavi City Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services officials, along with activists and local animal rescuers/volunteers (June 2025), Sikkim State Police and Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services officials along with activists (July 2025), Mira-Bhayandar, Vasai Virar Police (July 2025), Bengaluru City Police, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services officials and activists (August 2025), and Activists and local animal rescuers/volunteers of Mumbai & Delhi (September & November 2025).

In 2021, the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations released a report revealing that in the decade prior, nearly 500,000 animals were victims of crimes.

PETA India notes that many violent criminals have a documented history of cruelty to animals. A study published in Forensic Research and Criminology International Journal warns, “Those who engage in cruelty to animals were [three] times more likely to commit other crimes, including murder, rape, robbery, assault, harassment, threats, and drug/substance abuse.”

PETA India – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way” – has long campaigned to strengthen the PCA Act, 1960, which contains outdated, inadequate penalties, such as a maximum fine of only Rs 50 for convicted first-time offenders (although the BNS, 2023 prescribes stronger punishments). In a proposal sent to the central government regarding an amendment to the PCA Act, PETA India has recommended significantly increasing penalties for cruelty to animals.