Animal rights organisation PETA has welcomed the Gauhati High Court order banning buffalo and bulbul fights in Assam throughout the year. The high court yesterday struck down a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued by the state government last year that permitted these activities during the Bhogali Bihu festival in January. "Great news.
Compassion triumphs over cruelty! Kudos to the Gauhati High Court for banning buffalo and bulbul fights by striking down the Assam government SOP that allowed these cruel practices. In response to PETA India's petitions and investigations, the court upheld animal welfare laws, ending the suffering of buffaloes beaten in bloody fights and bulbuls drugged and starved," Peta India said in a post on X. 🎉GREAT NEWS!🎉 Compassion triumphs over cruelty! Kudos to the Gauhati High Court for banning buffalo and bulbul fights by striking down the Assam government SOP that allowed these cruel practices.
In response to PETA India's petitions and investigations, the court upheld...
pic.twitter.com/RzpO4VfG7a — PETA India (@PetaIndia) December 18, 2024 The animal rights organisation has said it had submitted to the court investigations that revealed how severely injured buffaloes were forced to fight through beatings.
In bulbul fights, it said, starved and intoxicated birds were made to fight over food. "An investigation into a buffalo fight held in Ahatguri in the Morigaon district of Assam on 16 January by PETA India revealed that to instigate b.
