People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)) India, earned itself a new crusader.
Veteran actor Om Puri, who has appeared in films produced on three continents, fired a letter to Jayanthi Natarajan, the newly appointed Union Minister for Environment and Forests, asking her to do everything in her power to hasten the enactment of the new Animal Welfare Act, 2011. In the letter, Puri points out that the current laws which provide for fines and other penalties for cruelty to animals were written more than five decades ago and that now they are so weak that they have little deterrent effect.
"Considering that the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, was enacted 50 years ago, it is high time for India's animal welfare laws to get a much-needed 21st-century makeover," writes Puri. "I hope the government will put politics aside and give our animals the basic protections that they deserve by passing the Animal Welfare Act, 2011".
His most recent movie is West Is West by Andy De Emmony, and he has three films scheduled to open this year.
Veteran actor Om Puri, who has appeared in films produced on three continents, fired a letter to Jayanthi Natarajan, the newly appointed Union Minister for Environment and Forests, asking her to do everything in her power to hasten the enactment of the new Animal Welfare Act, 2011. In the letter, Puri points out that the current laws which provide for fines and other penalties for cruelty to animals were written more than five decades ago and that now they are so weak that they have little deterrent effect.
"Considering that the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, was enacted 50 years ago, it is high time for India's animal welfare laws to get a much-needed 21st-century makeover," writes Puri. "I hope the government will put politics aside and give our animals the basic protections that they deserve by passing the Animal Welfare Act, 2011".
His most recent movie is West Is West by Andy De Emmony, and he has three films scheduled to open this year.
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