India, Oct. 19 -- PETA India warns that proposed animal experimentation rules could subject wild animals, free-ranging dogs, and cats to severe suffering.

These will include electric shocks and induced tumors, undermining existing welfare safeguards.

The organisation urges the government to withdraw the draft, emphasizing global progress in non-animal research methods and India's previous advancements in replacing animal testing.

Wild animals taken from their natural habitats, community dogs and free-ranging cats could be used in laboratory experiments under India's proposed animal experimentation rules, according to a warning by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India.

The organisation said the draft Prevention of Cr...