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IN SAFE HANDS: One of the injured cattle that was rescued by the members of PFA Coimbatore Unit II in Coimbatore on Friday. COIMBATORE: The People For Animals (PFA) Coimbatore Unit II rescued one of the cattle that was injured when the lorry in which they were being taken collided with another lorry on L&T Bypass Road. The lorry, which was over-loaded with 25 animals, was headed to the cattle market at Kuzhalmannam in Palakkad from Chinnasalem. Three animals were killed on the spot. “The vehicle was clearly over 20 years old and in very poor condition. It was a clear violation of the law that permits only 15 cattle in a lorry,” said Kalpana Vasudevan, Secretary of PFA Coimbatore Unit II. Smaller lorries could carry only six to 10 animals. The surviving cow, which was badly injured, was given immediate medical care and sent to Shree Bhagwan Mahaveer Gaushala functioning under the Coimbatore Animal Welfare Society, where it would be taken care of. The animals in the lorry were in poor health, which indicated that they had not been properly fed. At the market, they would be bought for slaughter and very rarely for maintenance, Ms. Vasudevan said. The trafficking in cattle from Tamil Nadu to Kerala continued unabated regardless of the innumerable laws that prevented over-loading of vehicles and unethical treatment of the animals, she added. The members of the PFA intercepted five similarly over-loaded vehicles on the highway carrying cattle to Kerala and warned the drivers against the practice. The police also assisted the volunteers in stopping the vehicles. The PFA Unit II planned to continue the operation and make the public and the law-enforcement agency aware of the need to protect the rights of the animals and treat them ethically, said Joseph Reginald, a PFA volunteer.
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