CHENNAI, INDIA, July 27, 2002: Despite strict government regulations and a public interest petition appealing to the government to put a stop to animal and bird sacrifice, it stills continues at some temples in the state. However, a recent order by the Madras High Court to the Home Secretary and the DGP to enforce the Tamil Nadu Animals and Birds Sacrifice Prohibition Act 1957, in all temples in Tamil Nadu, may curb the practice. To date, the DGP has not initiated any action against violators of the act. Mr. A V Krishna Moosad of Trivandrums says, “I am praying for an interim injunction restraining the authorities from permitting or giving license to persons intending to give animal or bird sacrifice in temples in violation of these provisions.”
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