Noteworthy Rescues – People For Animals

Nag Panchami

superuser — Sun, 07 Aug 2016 10:38:28 +0000

Snakes are protected under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 and their capture, display and transport is illegal.

Telangana Forest Department in association with PFA Hyderabad and other NGOs, conducted mobile surveillance on August 7, across the city, to check the use of snakes for worship on the occasion of Naga Panchami festival.

Three snakes were rescued by PFA Hyderabad on the day of Nagpanchami.

What happens to Snakes on Nag Panchami?

The commonly displayed snakes by snake charmers on Nag Panchami are common Indian cobra and Indian rat snake.
These snakes are caught from the wild in a perfectly healthy condition 30-45 days before Nag Panchami. They are then put through a lot of cruelty. Their fangs are removed using cutting pliers and at times their mouth is stitched so that they don’t bite.
Later they are enclosed in a round wooden basket for more than a month without any food or water which makes them weak, dehydrated and they are left with cramped muscles which kills their speedy movement . Because of cramped muscles, a cobra takes 20 min to 25 min to move across a distance of one feet!

Do Snakes Drink Milk on Nag Panchami?

Snakes are reptiles, not mammals to drink milk. Milk cannot be digested by reptiles and they eventually die!
The Reason why snakes drink milk on nag Panchami is because they are dehydrated and stressed 30-45 days before nag Panchami by the Snake Charmers.

Cobras are protected under wildlife act 1972:

Killing a snake like cobra or rat snake is a non-bailable offence under the Wildlife Protection Act (WLP- section 09- Prohibition of Hunting) and considering the fact that the cobra is protected under the Schedule II, Part II of the act
The punishments may vary from a seven year imprisonment to a 10,000 rupees fine, or both as per the placement of the species under the schedules.

What happens if snake charmers escape with snakes on the day of Nag Panchami?

Snakes after Nag Panchami are killed for their skin

If you see a snake charmer in your locality, please call:

TS Forest Department

1800 425 5364

(toll-free number)

Friends of Snakes Society

8374233366

(tip-line number)

87 camels rescued from Ranga Reddy district

superuser — Sun, 05 Jun 2016 04:30:19 +0000

87 camels that were being taken for slaughter were rescued by PFA Hyderabad team led by Executive Officer Mr. Dattatraya Joshi; at Turumamidi village under Bantwaram police station jurisdiction and mandal Ranga Reddy District yesterday. Special thanks to GSPCA, Bharatiya Prani Mitra Sangh and other senior volunteers like Srinivas Rao and Shantilalji.

An FIR has been lodged against the accused, who are middlemen from Mansatour town, Madhya Pradesh, who made the camels travel on foot all the way from Rajasthan to Hyderabad, to sell them for slaughter at the meat markets.The police custody of the animals has been granted to PFA. On Saturday, Vikarabad junior first class magistrate sent the 9 accused camel handlers to Cherlapally jail in remand for two weeks.

Illegal transportation of camels is a violation of IPC section 429, PC Act and Transport rules. The Rajasthan Camel (Prohibition of Slaughter and Regulation of Temporary Migration or Export) Bill, 2015 makes causing injury to camel punishable. Camel slaughter is punishable for up to five years and monetary fine.. Camel meat is not a notified item of food, as per the provisions of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act.

This adds another victory to PFA Hyderabad, who had rescued 63 camels last year as well, and transported them against all odds, all the way from Hyderabad to Rajasthan.

To donate towards transportation of these beautiful creatures back to their homeland, their upkeep and rehabilitation, please contact 7337450641 or make a direct transfer of funds to our bank account:

People for Animals
Hyderabad & Secunderabad
A/C. NO. 8911672644
IFSC Code. KKBK0007529
KOTAK MAHINDRA Bank
Kings way Branch
R.P. Road. Secunderabad

Operation Vijay: A Success Story

superuser — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 14:47:51 +0000

PFA Hyderabad is the first animal welfare organization to have rescued such a large number of camels and transport them against all odds, all the way from Hyderabad to Rajasthan.

On 15th August 2015, traders were seen transporting a herd of 63 camels at Manoor, a village on the borders of Karnataka and Maharashtra in Narayankhed Mandal of Medak district. The camels were being taken to Hyderabad and Kadapa town for slaughtering. This was reported to Mr.Y. Edukondalu, SHO of the Manoor police station.

On the instructions of the SP, the local police seized all the 63 camels and booked five persons for violating IPC 429 and Section 11 (1) of PCA act on a complaint by Sri Surender Bhandari, Secretary, GHSPCA, with the Cr.No 69/2015. All the five accused were arrested and produced before JFMC, Narayankhed. Three of them could get bail and the other two were sent to jail.

On 19th August, Sri Jasraj, Sri Sri Mal of Bharatiya Pranimitra Sangh, Sri Rangi Ramakrishna, a committed advocate for animals, Sri Surender Bhanadri of GHSPCA, Dattatreya Joshi, Executive Officer, PFA visited Narayankhed and tried to file a petition before JFCM Court seeking interim custody of seized camels. But, the Honorable Magistrate wanted the police to act upon the request for interim custody by PFA. At last, the police gave interim custody of the 63 camels to PFA Hyderabad. After completing the formalities, PFA took the custody of the camels. The camels were shifted to the outskirts of Davvur village of Medak district.

While the arrangements for sheltering the camels were on, the traders could obtain interim custody of the camels from the court by approaching the JFMC Court at Zahirabad, when the JFMC Narayankhed was on leave. Immediately, we approached Smt. Rachna Reddy, a renowned advocate, and filed a writ petition in the High Court at Hyderabad challenging the lower court’s order. Justice Raja Elango of the High Court stayed the orders of JFCM, Zahirabad and issued notices to the respondents. At this juncture, we took a decision to move the camels to Rajasthan immediately without any delay.

The Animal Husbandry department of Telangana Government issued a No Objection Certificate on our request to enable the transportation of the animals to Rajasthan. We started the journey at midnight on 6th September via Zahirabad towards Rajasthan in 16 trucks. 42 camels were handed over to the animal shelter at Sirohi town and 20 camels including a lactating mother camel and a baby camel Vijay, after whom the operation was named, were handed over to the shelter at Bisalpur village.