India, April 3 -- The Delhi Government has decided to establish Societies for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCAs) in all 13 revenue districts of the Capital, in a major step aimed at strengthening animal welfare enforcement at the grassroots level.

The move, approved under the leadership of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, will place each SPCA under the respective District Magistrate (DM), ensuring direct administrative oversight and faster response to cases of animal cruelty. According to officials, the decision follows the recent reorganisation of revenue districts in Delhi.

The new structure is intended to improve the implementation of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, by decentralising authority and bringing enforcemen...