Victory: Illegal Ram Fight Prevented in Kolhapur Following PETA India Complaint 

For Immediate Release:

29 April 2025

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Kolhapur – After receiving information regarding an illegal ram fight event scheduled to take place at Shivaji Chowk, Gaibisaheb Dargah Maidan, Danoli, Kolhapur district, on 20 April, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India promptly and successfully took action to prevent the event by notifying and collaborating with Kolhapur police. A formal notice under Section 168 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, was issued to the organisers of the illegal event, following which they were warned. As a result, the event was called off.

“Spectacles in which animals are forced to fight are cruel, violent, and illegal,” says PETA India Cruelty Response Coordinator Sinchana Subramanyan. “We commend Kolhapur police, especially Superintendent of Police, Shri Mahendra Pandit, IPS, for sending a message that cruelty to animals will not be tolerated.”

Ram fighting involves pitting two male sheep against each other in a violent and often bloody confrontation. The animals are hit and goaded into fighting until one is deemed the winner. This practice subjects them to significant physical and psychological harm, including injuries such as fractures, puncture wounds, and severe stress.

PETA India – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to use for entertainment” – 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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