HYDERABAD: Punishment for causing the death of a person in an accident is an imprisonment of up to two years as per IPC section 304 (A).
But kill a mouse or even injure it and you will have to serve up to five years in jail. You may even end up coughing up Rs one lakh as fine.
It may sound strange. But the scientific community involved in research is in jitters as the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has come up with a draft Animal Welfare Act, 2011 which has listed out punishment for not taking proper care of experimental animals. Experimental animals may include anything — mice, rabbits, monkeys, etc.
More than 500 institutions, including biomedical research centres, pharma companies, universities and scientific institutions under the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) make use of experimental animals.
Realising how severely the provisions of the proposed Animal Welfare Act, 2011 could hamper research in the country, the ICMR has urgently called for a meeting of its scientists on May 11.
But kill a mouse or even injure it and you will have to serve up to five years in jail. You may even end up coughing up Rs one lakh as fine.
It may sound strange. But the scientific community involved in research is in jitters as the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has come up with a draft Animal Welfare Act, 2011 which has listed out punishment for not taking proper care of experimental animals. Experimental animals may include anything — mice, rabbits, monkeys, etc.
More than 500 institutions, including biomedical research centres, pharma companies, universities and scientific institutions under the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) make use of experimental animals.
Realising how severely the provisions of the proposed Animal Welfare Act, 2011 could hamper research in the country, the ICMR has urgently called for a meeting of its scientists on May 11.
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