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“An animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great language.\u201d – Martin Buber<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, they do. But, how many of us listen? It is easy for some of us to harm animals, thinking they lack the intelligence to understand or feel pain. To make it worse, many of us ignore animal suffering entirely because we are unsure how to help. So, unfortunately, knowingly or unknowingly, we end up empowering the abusers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While there are penalties and punishments for animal cruelty, they are challenging to invoke and even for the most heinous form of animal abuse, the penalty is a measly INR 50. However, there are other consequences for abusers, such as a permanent criminal record and a history of their crime that follows them everywhere in Digital India, the fact that most offences amounting to cruelty under the Prevention of Cruelty Act 1960 are not cognizable (other than animal fights, shooting animals & injecting harmful chemicals), which prevents the law enforcement agencies from taking immediate action. Additionally, even after conviction, the offenders are let off by paying a penalty of Rs 50, the penalty prescribed under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. The penalties under this Act, which start from Rs 10 to Rs 50 for a first-time offender and Rs 100 for a repeat offender, have not been revised in the past 60 years and have long since become ineffective in deterring animal cruelty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a bid to change this and to strengthen the #NoMore50 campaign, Astitva Animal Rights Enforcement and Voice of Views (VOV)<\/strong>, the online publishing platform of Takhte Writers & Publishers, commences #NoMore50 Photo Story campaign<\/strong> for raising voice for having stronger laws that do not allow perpetrators of crimes against animals to get away with a fine of merely Rs 50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kindness, compassion, and empathy are essential values and can help young people fight for animals. We need to help them in finding their voices so that animal abuse is made a cognizable offence punishable with stringent laws, and to do just that, through our campaign, we aim to sensitize young minds towards what animals go through and provide them with a platform to step up and raise their voice for those who cannot speak for themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We invite you to share a photo story about coexistence with animals as part of the campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contest on:<\/strong> 24 December 2021 \u2013 23 January 2022
Open to:<\/strong> Young Minds aged 11-24 across India<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Terms & Conditions:<\/strong> Photo should be original\/ unpublished and self-clicked (high res); supported with an intriguing story of 30-40 words. Please note the organisers’ reserve the right to use photo-story in their future works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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