Nagpur, May 21 -- Nearly 100 police officers, right from head constables up to assistant commissioner of police from all police stations in city, on Wednesday participated in a four-hour long workshop conducted by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India on ways to combat cruelty to animals.
The workshop, conducted by PETA India Legal advisor and director of Cruelty Response Meet Ashar, covered the provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act, 1960; the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (as amended in 2022); Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023 and other animal-relevant central and state laws.
City police commissioner Dr Ravinder Kumar Singal, IPS, personally attended and supported the training.
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