Stray animals may not be used for research. Rules for Experimental Animals as formulated by The Committee for the Control and Supervision of Experimental Animals has laid down that only animals bred for the purpose of research by institutes registered by the Committee may be used for experimentation.

Therefore it is illegal for any medical, educational or commercial research institute to pick up stray animals either from the street or from the municipal pound for this purpose.

Under the Censorship Rules, films may not show any scene that depicts needless cruelty to animals. There is an animal welfare representative on the various Censorship Boards who are expected to check such violations and recommend deletion of all such scenes. In addition, film makers must conform to all the other animal protection laws in their use and depiction of animals.