DC Jammu reviews steps for Prevention of Cruelty against Animals

Jammu Tawi, May 25: To review the issues related to animal welfare, Deputy Commissioner Jammu Avny Lavasa today chaired a meeting of District Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) here in the Conference Hall of the DC Office.
CPO, Yoginder Katoch; SP Rural, Rahul Charak; ACG, Manisha; DIO, Sanjay Kumar; CAHO, Dr. Zahid Saleem; Sr. Vice President SPCA Devinder Kour and other concerned and representatives of NGOs attended the meeting
A threadbare discussion was held on the agenda points which included Funds availability for the construction of cattle shed and other infrastructure, including SPCA veterinary hospital cum shelter at Chowadi, MOU with JMC for taking care of Bovine after seizure/confiscation, issue regarding permission for the Bovine transportation status report regarding registration of Gaushalla, sharing of information of FIRs regarding Bovine smuggling cases to SPCA.
The DC took an appraisal about the establishment of Animal Shelter to provide due care to the animals after rescue and post operative stage and stressed upon all the concerned departments to work in tandem to ensure that sick or injured Animals are given better and timely treatment.
She stressed on strengthening the Committee and formulating a holistic action plan for checking the menace of cruelty to animals and for ensuring round the clock veterinary assistance for the sick and injured animals.
The members and representatives of various NGOs brought various animal cruelty matters into the notice of Chairman SPCA and put forth their suggestions to address these issues.