victimised in both cases another dog from the vicinity also vanished a few months ago aundhbased animal volunteer saurabh kalokhe recounts catching domestic animals being sacrificed at a temple close to national chemical laboratory and the list goes onsays meher we took a picture of the pups torso but could not locate it later to lodge an fir it is difficult to confidently attribute such instances to such practices as there is nothing on paper to state so but such atrocities arise from superstitious beliefs there is open illegal slaughter dogs are found with limbs cut off and wires tightly tied to the forelegs till they fall off in the belief that bad omen will leave the family yet one cannot officially attribute these cases to superstitionhow long before the animal welfare bill is passedthe india unites for animals movement against animal abuse was launched with the agenda of pushing for the animal welfare bill to be passed in the parliament the prevention of cruelty to animals act 1960 is outdated one can get away with a fine of 50 or negligible punishment for a crime says animals rights advocate harshad garud the new bill proposes stringent laws and fines however no prosecution can be made till the bill is passed we are pushing for it to be passed in the coming yearanson adds there is lots of work being done besides signatures campaigns and programmes to raise awareness initiatives are also being made towards getting celebrities to endorse the movement it will take time for the bill to be passed in the parliament