Look who all are signing up to track ban on beef in Maharashtra
Mumbai, Aug 23: In May, Maharashtra’s Department of Animal Husbandry issued a call for volunteers engaged in animal welfare activities on religious grounds to apply for “honorary” non-salaried position of welfare officers to serve as ‘eyes to monitor the beef ban’ imposed last year.
According to the report on The Indian Express The advertisement stipulated that they have no political affiliations. Since then, a deluge of 2,388 applications has come rushing in, each recommended by district deputy commissioners of animal husbandry, with officers having “vouched for the sincerity and integrity of the applicant” and taking “responsibility for their conduct’.
Of these, 2,371 applications were officially admitted, awaiting scrutiny by the high court-appointed committee to monitor animal welfare laws.
Once appointed, these welfare officers — required to possess “working knowledge of animal welfare laws and in particular Maharashtra Animal Preservation (Amendment) Act 1976, and Prevention and Cruelty Against Animals Act, 1960” — will receive official ID cards to monitor and report any act of cruelty against all animals, Says the report.
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