https://www.123articleonline.com/rss/author/364675/rajesh-kshetryArticles written by Rajesh Kshetry from 123ArticleOnline.comen-usCopyright (c) 123ArticleOnline.com All rights reserved. https://www.123articleonline.com/articles/1330327/critical-analysis-of-animal-rights-in-india-best-criminal-lawyer-in-kolkata Before dealing with Animal rights in India, let us acknowledge what we mean by the term rights. Animal rights in India What do we understand by Animal rights in India? Animal Rights in India can be defined and have been defined by many political philosophers and theorists in several ways so there is no specific way to define rights as such. However, Rights, in their abstract sense, are something that is morally correct and is legally owed to the individual. Now let us understand what we mean by the term animal. Section 2(1) of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 defines an animal as amphibians, birds, mammals, and reptiles, and their young, and also includes the eggs of birds and reptiles and Section 2(a) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 gives a comparatively broader definition of the animals by stating that: