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Kalki Koechlin, Abhirami And Nafisa Ali Voice Opposition To Proposed Animal Testing Rules

Kalki Koechlin, Abhirami And Nafisa Ali Voice Opposition To Proposed Animal Testing Rules

Actors Kalki Koechlin, Abhirami and Nafisa Ali have opposed the draft rules on laboratory animal testing, GSR 864(E), and urged people to object to CCSEA. The draft Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Control and Supervision of Experiment, Breeding and Trading of Laboratory Animals) Rules, 2026 would replace the rules of 1968 and 1998. Abhirami said laboratories could approve experiments causing mild or moderate pain themselves, without the central committee, and take animals from informal sources, including strays. The draft was published in the Gazette of India on , and objections are due by .

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