Mumbai: Over 150 chickens were rescued in Jalgaon in Maharashtra after authorities got a tip-off that their owner planned to bury them amid the novel coronavirus scare, an official said on Monday.
The rescue was carried out by a team of the district deputy commissioner and PETA activists on Friday in Paladhi area, over 400 kilometres from here, he added.
Some days ago, a poultry farmer in Palghar had buried two lakh chicks after which orders were issued by the state Animal Husbandry department to take action under Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.
Source: PTI