New Delhi: Following appeals from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India and a writ petition filed in the Delhi High Court, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, OP Chaudhary has sent a letter to the Chief Secretaries of states and union territories urging the local bodies, Department of Animal Husbandry, to ensure that no licenses or permissions are issued for the sale, breeding and keeping of pit bulls and other breeds deliberately bred for aggression and commonly used for illegal fighting and attack.
