Pooja Bhatt raises her voice against animal cruelty amid COVID-19 scare

Pooja Bhatt took to the social media on Thursday to raise her voice against the exploitation and neglect which animals are subjected to as the concerns grow over the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pooja Bhatt/picture courtesy: Pooja Bhatt's Instagram account

Bollywood director and actress Pooja Bhatt took to the social media on Thursday to raise her voice against the exploitation and neglect which animals are subjected to as the concerns grow over the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 48-year-old shared an Instagram picture of the circular released by the Animal Welfare Board of India which requests people "to not leave the animals or inflict cruelty due to the COVID-19" pandemic. The circular further clarifies that dogs and cats do not harbour or spread the novel coronavirus and any offence perpetrated against animals is punishable under the law.

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The caption of Bhatt's post read: "Animals DO NOT spread #covid_19 Please refer to this circular issued by the Animal Welfare Board of India and please do spread the word. [sic]"

 

 

 

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Animals DO NOT spread #covid_19 Please refer to this circular issued by the Animal Welfare Board of India and please do spread the word. Due to various misconceptions and false information floating around,people are abandoning animals,harming them and getting rid of them in very cruel and unethical ways. We need to be informed not ignorant. Let’s not make any more animals pay the price for our lack of knowledge please. u00f0u009fu0099u008fu00e2u009du00a4u00efu00b8u008f u00f0u009fu0090u00b6 u00f0u009fu0090u00b1 u00f0u009fu0090u00ae u00f0u009fu0090u0090 u00f0u009fu0090u0094 u00f0u009fu0090u0083 u00f0u009fu0090u0091 u00f0u009fu0090u00b7 #animalsdonotspreadthecovid_19 #staysafe #educateyourselfandothers #learntocoexist @petaindia

A post shared by Pooja B (@poojab1972) onMar 19, 2020 at 3:56am PDT

The actress's initiative was lauded by her Instagram followers as evident by the several positive and supportive comments.

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