People for Animals, dubbed as the country's leargest animal welfare organisation, today served a legal notice on Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited for importing 50 Beagle dogs from the U.S.A. to conduct experiments "without obtaining the necessary permission". A member of the organisation, A Bansal, says that the notice was served after the Express Newsline published a series of reports on the issue.Advocate Raj Panjwani, who served the notice on behalf of the organisation, told Ranbaxy that legal proceedings would be initiated against the company if it failed to hand over all the Beagles to the Quarantine Officer of the Ministry of Environment and Forests within 24 hours of receiveing the notice.