There is a picture of a fallen donkey under the heavy weight of load stuck on the poor animals neck in the Pakistan Today of 09-12-2010. This shows a general apathy towards cruelty on animals in our society. There used to be a Society of Preventing Cruelty to Animals in Lahore which used to fine and issue challans to people inflicting cruelty on animals in the form of overloading donkey carts or other animal driven carts which has apparently withered away. There is a need also to steer the society away from cruelty to animals as per Islamic norms and the SPCA could play a useful role if it is strengthened to punish the law breakers who mete out cruelty to animals so blatantly.
DR MUHAMMAD YAQOOB BHATTI
Lahore