{"id":19412,"date":"2022-07-01T18:06:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T13:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=19412"},"modified":"2022-07-01T18:06:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T13:06:08","slug":"govt-bans-live-animal-testing-imposes-jail-terms-for-cruelty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2022\/07\/01\/govt-bans-live-animal-testing-imposes-jail-terms-for-cruelty\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt bans live animal testing, imposes jail terms for cruelty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ISLAMABAD: The federal government has banned testing and surgeries on live animals at veterinary schools and industrial complexes and imposed jail terms and fines for animal cruelty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Addressing a news conference, Head of Prime Minister\u2019s Strategic Reforms Salman Suf said animal welfare was a major neglected area in the country and the existing animal welfare laws were being amended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said the government was introducing amendments to a British-era law to bring about the change as we still relied on a law dating to 1890 on animal welfare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is a law from 1800, on the basis of which we have been monitoring animal welfare. 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