Target: Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, India
Goal: Urgently strengthen penalties and enforcement so that dogs beaten, thrown from buildings, blinded, tortured, and sexually assaulted recieve justice.
Dogs beaten in boarding facilities; strays hurled from rooftops; pets blinded, tortured, and even sexually assaulted: a new documentary lays out harrowing survivor and rescuer testimonies from Thane through Delhi NCR, painting a grim mosaic of cruelty that many say flourishes behind closed doors and quiet lanes. Viewers hear of animals slammed against lift walls, tossed like trash, or assaulted in ways that defy belief.
Advocates in the film highlight how weak penalties under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (1960) let offenders walk away with fines as low as ₹50, while loopholes in the new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita are leaving vast enforcement gaps. Institutions are accused of silence, while cases apparently stall at local stations or never reach charge-sheet stage. Survivors and rescuers describe a pattern of violence that looks systemic, not sporadic.
India’s laws must catch up with this reality. Meaningful change requires sharper criminal provisions, police accountability, fast-track handling, and a national registry that flags repeat offenders. This petition calls for immediate amendments that elevate egregious cruelty into serious, non-bailable crimes; mandatory psychiatric evaluation and counseling for convicted abusers; lifetime animal-ownership bans in severe cases; strict Standard Operating Procedures for police with timeline compliance; and a nationwide cruelty tracker integrated with FIR systems to prevent repeat harm.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Minister Singh,
We respectfully urge your office to champion urgent reforms so that acts of extreme animal cruelty reported in a recent documentary receive serious consequences. Testimonies describe dogs beaten inside boarding facilities, strays thrown off buildings, and pets blinded, tortured, and sexually assaulted. These accounts, drawn from multiple cities, suggest a disturbing pattern that current penalties do not deter.
We ask you to pursue immediate amendments that: raise maximum penalties and make egregious cruelty non-bailable; mandate lifetime animal-ownership bans in severe convictions; require psychiatric evaluation and counseling for convicted offenders; and institute police SOPs with strict investigation timelines, supervisory review, and public reporting. We further request creation of a national cruelty-tracking system, integrated with FIR databases, so repeat offenders are identified and barred from accessing animals.
These steps would align India’s framework with public expectations of justice, help officers act swiftly, and protect vulnerable animals before cruelty escalates. We appreciate your leadership and urge prompt action so brutality no longer slips through regulatory cracks.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Photo credit: Deepak Jaiswar
