Kind attention :

Shri H.C. Meena, IPS (DGP Rajasthan), Shri Y.S. Dadwal, IPS (Delhi Police Commissioner), SHRI RAMAN SRIVASTAVA, IPS (DIRECTOR GENERAL BORDER SECURITY FORCE ), Smt. Sheila Dikshit (The Chief Minister), Hon'ble Shri Jairam Ramesh (Union Minister for Environment and Forest), Her Excellency Pratibha Devi Singh Patil (The President of India, New Delhi), Shri Vijai Sharma (Secretary to the Ministry of Environment and Forest), SHRI K L MEENA, IPS, IG, Rajasthan Frontier, MANDORE ROAD, JODHPUR(RAJASTHAN) (BORDER SECURITY FORCE HQ), Shri K.C. Jain (Joint Secretary (Coordination and Public Grievances)), Dr.Rammehar Kharb (Chairman, AWBI), Smt. Meira Kumar (Speaker Lok Sabha), Hon'ble Sardar Manmohan Singh (Prime Minister of India), and Sh. R. S. Dalal, IPS (Director General of Police, Haryana)

STOP cruel camel transportation by BSF for Republic day - Abhishek Kadyan, Media Adviser to OIPA in India.

Greetings,

Camels of BSF are shifted in a very cruel manner, tied and over crowded siting position from Jodhpur to Delhi in a ordinary trucks, camels are traveling under very heavy stress, pain, thrust and injury to take part in the Republic day of India. OIPA in India team shocked to see truck No. RJ 19 G 8544 and 8191 along with one more truck today on 28-10-2010 on Jaipur Delhi NH. Local Gurgaon Police, Khedki Daula was called for legal action for the violation of section 3, 11, 38 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 and Cattle transport rule, 1978 amended in 2001 but local Police failed to stop animal abuse, officials traveled along with these vehicles were fully toon, under effect of liquor and their behave was unsocial, uncivilized as well.

Violations...
3. Duties of persons having charge of animals : It shall be the duty of every person having the care or charge of any animal to take all reasonable measures to ensure the well-being of such animal and to prevent the infliction upon such animal of unnecessary pain or suffering.

11. Treating animals cruelly : (1) If any person

(a) beats, kicks, over-rides, over-drives, over-loads, tortures or otherwise treats any animal so as to subject it to unnecessary pain or suffering or causes, or being the owner permits, any animal to be so treated;
(d) conveys or carries, whether in or upon any vehicle or not, any animal in such a manner or position as to subject it to unnecessary pain or suffering;
(e) keeps or confines any animal in any -cage or other receptacle which does not measure sufficiently in height, length and breadth to permit the animal a reasonable opportunity for movement; or

f) keeps for an unreasonable time any animal chained or tethered upon an unreasonably short or unreasonably heavy chain or cord;
(k) offers for sale or without reasonable cause, has in his possession any animal which is suffering pain by reason of mutilation, starvation, thirst, overcrowding or other ill treatment;
38. Power to make rules : (1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette and subject to the condition of previous publication, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act. ...
S.O.269 (E) - Whereas certain draft rules further to amend the Transport of Animals Rules, 1978 were published as required by sub-section (1) of section 38 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 (59 of 1960) under the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment number S.O. 1164 (E) dated 26th December 2000 in the Gazette of India. Extraordinary, Part 11, Section 3. Sub Section (ii) dated the 27th December, 2000 inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby, before the expiry of the period of sixty days from the date on which copies of the Gazette containing the said notification are made available to the public
96. Issue of certificate before transportation -

(1) A valid certificate issued by an officer or any person or Animal Welfare Organisation duly recognised and authorised for this purpose by the Animal Welfare Board of India or the Central Government shall be procured by any person making transport of any animal before transportation of such animal verifying that all the relevant Central and State Acts, rules and orders pertaining to the said animals including the rules relating to transport of such animals have been duly complied with and that the animal is not being transported for any purpose contrary to the provision of any law.

(2) In the absence of such certificate, the carrier shall refuse to accept the consignment for transport.

Hence you all are humbly requested to stop camel abuse at once and strict legal, departmental action may kindly be taken against all offenders, including Police officials of Khedki Daula Police Post / SHO as well, who failed to perform their official duty and all three vehicles - trucks were allowed to move for BSF, Chavla camp in Delhi because Indian representative of the International Organisation for Animal Protection - OIPA in India called Gurgaon Police at toll tax barrier / handed over to them all three trucks for legal actions and then informed Delhi Police helpline 100 vide recks 15-35 hours on 28-10-2010.

We further appeal to the Govt. to amend the concerned legislation for animals.