Mumbai Police Register FIR for Killing a Cat, PETA India Offers Cash Reward to Identify Culprit(s)

In a study of domestic violence victims, 60% of women said that their abusive partners had harmed or killed their dogs or other animals.

Representative image of Cat, Credit- Jonathan Cooper

Mumbai – In response to a report that a cat was tortured and killed by dismembering and beheading her at Grant Road, Mumbai, Meet Ashar of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India along with Ahimsa Fellow Shashikanth Purohit worked with Mumbai police to register a First Information Report (FIR) against an unknown person or persons.

PETA India is offering a reward of up to Rs 50,000 to anyone who provides information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for this brutal killing.

Anyone with information about the culprits is urged to contact PETA India’s animal emergency helpline on (0)9820122602 or e-mail info@petaindia.org. The informer’s identity will be kept confidential upon request.

“We’re calling on anyone with information to come forward immediately to help cats and humans. Psychologists warn that violent people often move on from abusing other animals to targeting humans,” says PETA India Emergency Response Team Associate Manager Meet Ashar. “If the culprit or culprits are not found, another cat or even a person may be killed next.”

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in any way” – has long campaigned to strengthen The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act, 1960, which contains outdated, inadequate penalties, such as a maximum fine of only Rs 50 for convicted first-time offenders, although the Indian Penal Code does contain stronger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

Source: Peta India