Animal Cruelty: 50 Goats Bitten to Death at Bhimanna Jatara in Telangana

• Approximately 50 goats were brutally killed by biting their throats until they bled to death at the Bhimanna Jatara in Raikal, Jagitial district, Telangana.
• The inhumane ritual, known as 'Gaavu Pattadam,' involves devotees biting the tongues of live goats, causing them to bleed and die.
• Animal rights activists, led by Adulapuram Gautam, recorded videos of the atrocities and filed a complaint with Raikal police.
• Police registered cases against the jatara organizers under Section 325 BNS, Section 6 of the Telangana Animals and Birds Sacrifices Prohibition Act, 1950, and Section 11(1)(a) of the PCA Act, 1960.
• Locals and organizers defend the practice as a generations-old tradition and a sentiment for wish fulfillment, despite its illegality and condemnation by animal welfare groups.