nashik the district collector on tuesday assured animal activists of forming the society for prevention of cruelty to animals spca in two months the provisional committee will continue to function till the final panel is decided by the district collector the district collector on tuesday met animal activists animal husbandry department officials police officials regarding the formation of the spca one spca for the city and a larger unit for the district are in the offing in july 2014 then district collector had set up a provisional committee for spca the provisional spca committee is chaired by the collector and includes animal activists animal husbandry officers and the municipal commissioner in a subsequent meeting in september 2014 the duties of the members were discussed the final committee was to be formed soon after and the collector had forwarded a proposal to the charity commissioner for registering the committee the charity commissioner had posed some queries to the district collector assistant commissioner of animal husbandry pradeep mahajan said there were queries from the charity commissioner with respect to the registration of spca and we have been asked to comply with it the compliance will be done in two months district collector deependra singh khushwah said they had taken a few decisions with respect to the formation of spca as per the prevention of cruelty to animals act passed by the central government and as per the supreme court orders the registration for the formation of the spca will be done in a couple of months he added members of the animal shelter sharan which has been approved by the animal welfare board and other animal activists were present for the meeting the activists raised the issue of improper transportation of animals illegal slaughter houses and other issues related to cruelty of animals khushwah said they had decided to train the veterinarians who certify the transportation to stop torture of animals a workshop will be conducted for them in a fortnight and the authorities will also keep a close watch on the transportation of animals there is a complete ban on horse and bullock races we do not permit it we will be keeping a close watch on such activities our focus will be to take immediate action or prior action based on tipoffs he said the collector said he would call a separate meeting with the superintendent of police and local tehsildars regarding action to be taken on illegal slaughter houses