A website of AWBI was launched by Union Dairy and Fisheries minister that will benefit the end-users of animal welfare
The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) celebrated World Animal Day at Kamdhenu Dham Gaushala (Nagar Nigam Gaushala), Gurugram, Haryana (run by Shri Chetan Dass Gosanvardhan, Sangel, Ujina) in the presence of Parshottam Rupala, Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India and Jai Prakash Dalal, Minister, Animal Husbandry Department, Government of Haryana. A website of AWBI was launched by Rupala that will benefit the end-users of animal welfare.
Sarvan Garg, Chairman, Haryana Gauseva Aayog while addressing the audience told that the Government of Haryana and Gauseva Aayog are working tremendously and the number of cows in the Gaushalas has doubled during the last decade and the livestock is free from various diseases like FMD etc.
Dr OP Chaudhary, Joint Secretary, (NLM and AW) & Chairman AWBI, while giving his welcome and introductory address told that the animal kingdom should also get their rights including five freedoms for the animals i.e. freedom from hunger and thirst, freedom from fear and distress, freedom from pain, injury and disease, freedom from discomfort and freedom to express normal patterns of behaviour.
