The court agrees that animals should be given similar rights like those of humans, and cannot be treated as objects or property. It's OK to exploit them (pull vehicles), just avoid extreme and poor weather conditions.
REPUBLIC: ‘The Punjab and Haryana High Court has in an order delivered on Friday granted the status of “legal person or entity” to the animals in Haryana. The move entitles all the animals to “corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person”. A similar verdict came out last year from the Uttarakhand High Court to “protect and promote greater welfare of animals”…
The verdict staunchly agrees that animals should be given similar rights like those of humans. “The animals should be healthy, comfortable and well nourished; safe, able to express innate behaviour without pain, fear and distress. They are entitled to justice. The animals cannot be treated as objects or property,” the verdict reads… BUT…
The High Court has also mentioned animal-oriented guidelines like avoiding usage of animals to pull vehicles in extreme and poor weather conditions, limitations on distances when an animal is made to walk at one stretch, ban on usage of spiked sticks, harness or any other sharp objects that might cause injuries to the animals’. SOURCE…
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