The illegal events often attract a crowd of 100 to 300 who engage in the betting, it said.
The practice of forcing animals to fight and use them for betting contravenes section 11 (l)(m)(ii) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, which prohibits inciting animals to fight and causing them unnecessary harm or suffering, the order said.
Any violator can be punished under section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, it said.
“No person in the Aizawl district shall participate in illegal animal fights,” the order said.
The order will remain in effect for two months from June 13, it said. PTI CORR SBN SBN