Giant ‘Cat’ and ‘Dog’ Mark Animal Rights Awareness Week with Lesson on ABCs: Animal Birth Control
During Animal Rights Awareness Week (16 –22 June), two PETA India supporters wearing cat and dog costumes, rolled out a blackboard and held a class in Nagpur to help passers-by brush up on their ABCs: animal birth control. The pup professor and kitty tutor reminded everyone that sterilisation of companion animals helps them lead longer, healthier lives – and is the most effective way to combat the homeless-animal crisis.
Every year, millions of dogs and cats suffer on the streets or languish in shelters simply because there aren’t enough good homes for them. PETA India urges everyone to help prevent countless more animals from being born into a world that’s already bursting at the seams with homeless ones by having companion animals sterilised, supporting community sterilisation efforts, and always adopting from shelters.
Over 60 million homeless dogs and cats are living on the streets in India, where many go hungry, are deliberately injured or killed, get hit by vehicles, or are abused in other ways. A further 8.8 million are in shelters due to a lack of suitable homes. The solution is as easy as ABC: animal birth control. Sterilised animals are also less likely to develop reproductive system cancer, and in the case of neutered males, they are less likely to roam or fight.
According to the Animal Birth Control Rules, 2023, under The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, the sterilisation and immunisation of community dogs is to be carried out by the respective local bodies, such as municipal corporations, municipalities, or panchayats. PETA India encourage guardians to get their animal companions sterilised so that puppies and kittens who have already been born have the best chance of finding a good home.
