Cruelty and Prosecution
Understand animal cruelty, reporting, enforcement and prosecution in India, including legal protections, practical reporting resources and information on actions available when animals are harmed or neglected.
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- The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Control and Supervision of Experiment, Breeding and Trading of Laboratory Animals Rules, 2026
- DRI cracks down on illegal wildlife trafficking; elephant ivory, leopard skin, live pangolins and tiger parts seized; 11 persons arrested
- DRI seizes 86 live Tokay Geckos in Assam in a crackdown on wildlife trafficking; two arrested
- Madras HC quashes animal cruelty case against man accused of pelting stone at dog that bit him
- DRI busts a wildlife trafficking syndicate involved in illicit trade of ivory artefacts
- Implementation of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Application of Fines) Rules, 1978 read with Section 38(2)(k) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 dated – 31.07.2026

