People For Animals Public Policy Foundation

We work on animal-related legal and policy issues.

[People For Animals Public Policy Foundation @PFAppf]

Shubh Deepavali from all of us.🪔

Thank you for having the courage to see, and the conscience to act, for those who can't speak for themselves.

May your Diwali be bright, peaceful and kind to every living being.

[People For Animals Public Policy Foundation @PFAppf]

On 24 Oct, the @PFAppf team led a session on cage-free practices at Organic Mandya, Karnataka, with about 50 attendees.

A curious, engaged room, and many expressed interest in joining our cage-free trainings. Thank you, Organic Mandya, for having us.

[ThePrintIndia @ThePrintIndia]

'India is choosing to go backwards on animal lab experiments'

Gauri Maulekhi @gauri_maulekhi, leading animal welfare expert, writes

#ThePrintOpinion

https://t.co/He29XCPIWn

[People For Animals Public Policy Foundation @PFAppf]

Dr. Uday Simha delivered a guest lecture at the School of Law, Dayananda Sagar University, Bengaluru, on animal protection law: the rights animals hold, how they're enforced, and where the gaps remain.

Every law student reached is a future advocate, prosecutor or judge.

[People For Animals Public Policy Foundation @PFAppf]

Team @PFAppf at AVA Thailand 2026, Bangkok. 🇹🇭

Four days of ideas, conversations and new collaborations for farmed animals, who suffer in the greatest numbers and are overlooked the most.

Back in India with renewed commitment.

[People For Animals Public Policy Foundation @PFAppf]

This World Egg Day, @PFAppf and CFFRPPA teamed up with The Park Hotels to serve cage-free eggs at breakfast across six of its properties in India — bringing the case for higher hen welfare straight to the table.

#WorldEggDay #CageFree

[People For Animals Public Policy Foundation @PFAppf]

On Sep 2, @PFAppf & Cage-Free and Free Range Poultry Association (CFFRPPA) held an Open House at CPPM Hosur - 150+ poultry students and faculty, on the global shift to cage-free egg production and why the next generation of the sector needs to be ready for it.

[People For Animals Public Policy Foundation @PFAppf]

We're hiring a Legal Consultant at PFA PPF - a litigator (3–5 yrs, SC/HC/NGT) to strengthen our work in animal protection, environmental and food safety law.

📍Full-time, Delhi.

Details in the post - please share with lawyers in your network.

[People For Animals Public Policy Foundation @PFAppf]

RT @gauri_maulekhi: I have spent over 30 years arguing for animals - in courtrooms, with governments, across committee rooms. For most of t…

[Gauri Maulekhi @gauri_maulekhi]

Cruelty to animals isn't a small thing to look away from. It's a crime, and police are empowered to act on it.

Last week we conducted a session for officers at the Haryana Police Academy on exactly that: how Sections 32 and 34 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 give the police real authority - to enter and inspect and hold offenders to account.

Enforcement is where animal protection law lives or dies. When the officers on the ground know these powers are theirs to use, animals actually stand a chance.

Grateful to the Haryana Police Academy for having us.

[People For Animals Public Policy Foundation @PFAppf]

How do we prevent an animal health crisis instead of managing one after it breaks?

That question ran through the CII India Petcare Summit - India doesn't have enough vets, and veterinary education isn't closing the gap.

Better access. Better care. Better lives.

[People For Animals Public Policy Foundation @PFAppf]

Fish are India’s most farmed - and most overlooked animals. 🐟

This National Fish Farmers Day, we trained 70+ fish farmers to spot signs of stress, identify water-quality problems, and understand what they mean for fish welfare.

Better awareness = better welfare.

[Gauri Maulekhi @gauri_maulekhi]

Back at the Judicial Academy, Assam - this time with Prosecution Officers.

Our third workshop with the Academy in collaboration with @PFAppf, and each session has gone deeper.

This one focused on the PCA Act, case property procedures, and the regulation of slaughterhouses - the provisions that prosecution officers are most likely to encounter, and most need to know.

Grateful to the Academy for the continued partnership.

[People For Animals Public Policy Foundation @PFAppf]

Proud to sign an MoU with @KvasuPookode (KVASU). Cage-free awareness, ethical treatment of farmed animals - now part of the conversation in one of India's leading vet universities.

@priyankabangari @VarunaVerma6

[People For Animals Public Policy Foundation @PFAppf]

People for Animals Public Policy Foundation conducted a Higher Fish Welfare in Aquaculture workshop in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, training fish farmers to identify stress indicators, assess water quality, and use an on-farm water testing kit to improve fish health and welfare.

[People For Animals Public Policy Foundation @PFAppf]

Much needed and most frequently asked Q&As with @gauri_maulekhi on everything to do with animal welfare and law. Please share far and wide.

[Gauri Maulekhi @gauri_maulekhi]

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been receiving questions from citizens, rescuers, students, lawyers, and animal advocates across India about animal welfare laws - what to do in specific situations, what their legal rights are, how the system works, and what the law actually says.

So I answered some of them.

In this session, I explain the role of SPCAs, RWA resolutions, citizens’ rights, the recent Supreme Court order, the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, and much more - as clearly, practically, and factually as I can.

If you’ve ever wanted to understand how animal welfare laws work in India, I hope you’ll find this useful.

Please watch and share it widely.

https://t.co/7PJetqu0X3

@PFAppf @pfaindia

[People For Animals Public Policy Foundation @PFAppf]

Illegal slaughter just 4.7 km from Delhi Airport is not only animal cruelty, it’s a serious aviation safety risk.

Despite rules banning slaughter within 10 km of airports, violations continue unchecked. Our Member Secretary @gauri_maulekhi spoke to @BBCIndia about this issue.

[Gauri Maulekhi @gauri_maulekhi]

It was a privilege to welcome Hon’ble Member of Parliament @SwatiJaiHind ji to our Delhi office on 19 June 2026.

Few public representatives have spoken as consistently and fearlessly for those who cannot speak for themselves.

Through her advocacy, Ms. Maliwal has helped bring issues affecting vulnerable animals into the national conversation and has inspired greater public engagement with animal welfare.

Our discussions focused on some of the most pressing challenges facing animals today and the policy, governance and institutional measures needed to strengthen their protection.

We are grateful for her visit, her continued support, and her willingness to use her platform in service of compassion. With voices such as hers, meaningful change for millions of animals becomes possible.

Together, we can continue advancing the timeless Indian ideal of Ahimsa and building a nation that extends dignity, protection and kindness to all living beings.

@pfaindia @PFAppf @PFAukd

[People For Animals Public Policy Foundation @PFAppf]

At the Vegan India Conference in Mumbai, @gauri_maulekhi spoke on community dog welfare and public policy, while @priyankabangari led a session on corporate engagement and private policy. Two tools. One goal - systemic change for animals.

[People For Animals Public Policy Foundation @PFAppf]

We are grateful for these words of compassion from the highest office. The ground reality for our community animals today, still needs to catch up.

[Gauri Maulekhi @gauri_maulekhi]

Thank you, @narendramodi ji, for reminding what compassion in practice looks like.
The discourse around our community animals has been heavy with anger & fear, but your words steady the ground.

Karuna for the voiceless is not weakness - it is our civilisational strength.

Thank you, Sir, for being a sensible voice in a hard season.

@PFAppf @pfaindia