Animal Welfare Board Of India vs A. Nagaraja & Ors on 7 May, 2014
7.Article 51A (g) of the Constitution of India calls upon us to have
compassion for living creatures. The Hon'ble Supreme Court in Animal
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Welfare Board of India Vs. A.Nagaraja and others [(2014) 7
SCC 547] after noting that Chapter 7.1.2 of the guidelines of World
Organization of Animal Health (OIE), recognizes five internationally
recognized freedoms for animals such as (i) freedom from hunger, thirst
and malnutrition; (ii) freedom from fear and distress; (iii) freedom from
physical and thermal discomfort; (iv) freedom from pain, injury and
disease; and (v) freedom to express normal patterns of behavior
declared that they shall be read into Sections 3 and 11 of the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 and be protected and
safeguarded by the Governments.