‘Ensure good living conditions for animals at govt-run shelters’

The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has directed the UT administration to ensure proper diet, treatment and availability of clean water and ventilation for animals at government-run shelters.

- HT Correspondent

The HC bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sanjiv Berry passed these directions while taking note of a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Sehjeevi Trust, a city-based charitable trust.

The trust had told the court that animals are being kept in appalling conditions in Raipur Kalan due to renovation at the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), Sector 38 West. It stated that a large number of animals have been kept in an ill-prepared facility with poor living conditions, where there is no scope for free movement, no separate area for defecation, no effective mechanism for ensuring sanitation and cleanliness, and limited access to clean water.