People living in West Bengal are least tolerant towards animals and Punjabis happen to be among the friendliest as far as their behaviour towards animals is concerned. As per figures released by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, the maximum number of cases pertaining to cruelty to animals in the country have been reported from West Bengal. The state tops the list of cruelty towards animals with more than 17,000 cases being reported during 2006-07. Incidentally, the state has also been topping the cruelty-to-animals chart in the past three years: 2004-07. During these three years, 40,000 animals faced cruelty at the hands of people in West Bengal. The second slot in the list has gone to New Delhi followed closely by Uttar Pradesh. During the past three years, 1389, 1572 and 1826 cases, respectively, were reported in Delhi. In the same period around 4,000 cases were reported from Uttar Pradesh -1541 cases during 2004-05, 1296 cases during 2005-06 and 1127 cases during 2006-07. As far as others on list, in 2006-07, 255 cases of animal cruelty were reported from Haryana, 79 from Kerala, 71 from Andhra Pradesh and 65 from Chhattisgarh. However, the number of persons convicted in these offences were highest in Uttar Pradesh followed by Delhi and West Bengal. As many as 4265 persons were convicted during 2004-05, 3338 during 2005-06 and 3037 during 2006-07 where as 1389, 1570 and 1838 persons were convicted in Delhi during same period. Ministry officails say that the government has made provisions to check such incidents. The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act, 1960, was enacted to prevent infliction of unnecessary pain or suffering on animals. The Prevention of Cruelty falls in the Concurrent List of the Constitution and hence the appropriate law enforcement machinery are state government and local authorities. The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI), a statutory body under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, addresses all state governments to enforce provisions regarding cruelties to animals and book offenders suitably.