Kota: FIR Registered for Acid Attack on Female Community Dog, Following PETA India Intervention

For Immediate Release:

11 October 2025

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Kota — After being alerted to a violent incident in which a female community dog was attacked with acid, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals India (PETA India) worked with the Kunadi Police Station and local activist Lokesh Parekh to ensure that a First Information Report (FIR) was registered under relevant stringent sections of the law. After receiving veterinary care, the victim dog is now recovering from the injuries and the trauma.

The incident occurred on September 24 at Kunadi, Kota. An FIR was recently registered against the woman accused of throwing acid on the dog under Section 325 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023. Section 325 of the BNS, 2023, categorises mischief by killing, poisoning, maiming or rendering useless any animal as a cognisable offence and prescribes a punishment of imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years, or with a fine, or with both.

“Those who abuse animals often move on to harming humans. For everyone’s safety, it’s imperative that members of the public report cases of cruelty to animals such as this one to the police,” says PETA India Cruelty Response Coordinator Ishani Rathee. “We commend Kota City Police, particularly, Superintendent of Police, Kota City, Ms Tejaswani Gautam, IPS, for directing the registration of the FIR and sending a clear message that cruelty to animals will not be tolerated.”

PETA India recommends that perpetrators of animal abuse undergo a psychiatric evaluation and receive counselling, as abusing animals indicates a deep psychological disturbance. Research shows that people who commit acts of cruelty to animals are often repeat offenders who move on to hurting other animals, including humans. A study published in Forensic Research & Criminology International Journal stated, “Those who engage in cruelty to animals to animals were [three] times more likely to commit other crimes, including murder, rape, robbery, assault, harassment, threats, and drug/substance abuse.”

PETA India – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way” – opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETAIndia.com or follow the group on X, Facebook, or Instagram.

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