Hey guys, Thunder E here. I'm in the Kia EV6 and yes as you see this is a stunning vehicle. It's a crossover. I'm doing this video a little differently where I will be driving in this vehicle. We're talking about it. EV6 is a crossover electric vehicle from Kia. This has a 320 horsepower 77.4 kilowatt battery giving about 430 pounds of torque and it is a fast vehicle 0 to 16 like 4.6. Now the EV6 starts at 40,000 but I have the GT line that starts at 55 msrp and of course if you've got those EV tax credits it will be slightly cheaper wherever you are. So which which is cool but this car is great. It's got some really nice clean lines. It looks stunning outside. It's one that it grabs everyone's attention. Everyone's just seeing this car is going like dude that's an awesome looking car. It looks very futuristic and for its price point that is just something you want. You've got 20 inch rims on the car. The car looks really good and of course your EV charger port is on the right-hand side of the car. We'll talk about that when we get there. When you step into this vehicle as you sit down you've got these kind of racing bucket seats to feel really comfortable and they feel really nice now. Somebody's trying to call me here and as you drive right in front of you you've got your keel wheel that has drive modes which you can switch between eco sports normal and there's also like winter as well snow as well but this drive modes really give you help extend the battery but also give you a very different feel while driving. I really like the fact that they're there because you can definitely take advantage of this car.  I also have two 12.3 inch displays one in front and of course a touch towards my right and below that is where something we've seen some people complain about. We have this kind of touch responsive digital display that cycles between media and of course environmental controls.  No. Is it something that wish they had done a better job at it so I don't have to cycle through? Yes but also I do have media controls directly here on my steering wheel. Now the center console here in the middle is where you have the power button which is kind of weird but I do like it because it's right by your fingertips and then you have the heating and cool seat controls of the car. Your dial wheel here your cup holders and then you've got a wireless charger. It's a car in front of me here. You've got a wireless charging pad that will charge your smartphone up to the size of the Galaxy S22 Ultra. Underneath is a massive bin. I like it though because it's great for storage then you've got two USB ports, USB A, USB C but they also two more at the back of each seat or sorry the side of each seat should be correct there which allow the passengers to the back to charge their devices but also the passengers in the front if this wireless charger is used and you want to lean all the way back here so that's actually nice. Seats are really comfortable. You've got carbon fiber on the very top here and I think the lines are just really nice interior wise plus you've got like access lines all around especially at night when you're actually driving. Now the back seats have a lot of space so I'm 6'2", sitting in the back I feel like I have enough space to feel comfortable while sitting there plus I can lean back as well so that makes it that you know I don't have to feel like I'm stuck or I'm in a crowded position. The trunk on the other hand is massive because this is a crossover you do have a lot of trunk space so I can jump right out and honestly it's it's good to have that kind of space in the trunk. Now the front itself honestly let's just not talk about it it is small it doesn't have a lot of space in there and it doesn't feel like something that I would recommend you throwing anything in there it's really not worth it to put anything you're from. Now the overall driving experience of this car is really really nice I've really enjoyed driving this car everywhere and also again look gas prices are super high right so I've taken advantage of having an EV being able to drive where I want to go and use that pretty well. Now let's talk about the infotainment display and what we get with that honestly it's a solid experience you've got access to your maps which you can easily find your EV charge stations by just basically this is an option right there that shows you all the charge stations around you you've got your Kia Connect so you can actually connect. It's a voice assistant which I honestly didn't really try because I didn't see the need for it and of course you can change the sound controls you hear it like the sound of the car which you can change the sound on a regular basis to whatever you want so that's an option that's also there. The heads up display is cool though because it's got augmented reality and it doesn't just point left to right it gives you augmented control saying you look via right via left or turn right or left whatever the case may be so you can always be on the road. Sound system is from Meridian the sound pretty good and of course you've got Android Auto and Apple CarPlay so if you use that as well that's also plus. Now what about charging the vehicle? So your charge port is on the right hand side of the vehicle towards the rear you can open it in the car you can also tap and open up and I'm at 150 kilowatt charging station Electrify America. Now right now it says from 39% to 80% will take about 15 minutes it says 18 but now it's about 15 minutes so this car will fast charge to 80% pretty quick. Now this is something that Evie said I'm just not used to the fact that I have to spend 15 minutes just waiting for this car to actually get to a full charge is again an interesting experience and I think talking to SuperSaf who has a Tesla one of the things he just kind of reminded me is like a lot of people do charge at home so this is for you know top-ups again especially for long road trips but with 320 miles what have I gone within this week? Now the reason I'm charging is because I want to show you I am down to about 111 miles and I've been using this for a week I started off at around 300 miles or so and one of the benefits of course you do have regenerate braking which you have four different levels you've got and you use the paddle shifters to actually change that and I've kept it on three which is the second highest of course and the reason why I like that is because it does add quite a bit to your you know your battery gives you a little bit more as you move forward I don't like the fourth one just because it's more you know it's like intelligent braking does mostly like mostly braking for you which I'm not too comfortable with but you know that actually adds to the experience I really enjoyed this car thoroughly I mean there's nothing wrong I can say about the car I would say that I'm not a big fan of its crossover height the crossover feel is great for the car but I wish this was an SUV it kind of reminds me SUV it looks like so I'm sure we'll see an electric SUV from Kia but I've thoroughly enjoyed this experience the interior the feel everything this car is pretty solid the drive has been great and this is kind of leading me more into checking out more EVs as well so honestly we'll see and my system kind of just went off gear you know it turned off but anyway you get the idea here and I think a lot of people will definitely enjoy this so if you guys want to see more videos about electric vehicles let me know definitely go check out my TikTok channel and my Instagram because I have some more real string just different aspects of the car as well but honestly this has been a fun experience so don't forget to like share guys subscribe and let me know what you think about more electric car vehicles I'm trying to make them for you otherwise I'm gonna chill here relax and just lean back while my car is charging bye


It's crazy to think that the version 3 access port has been around for nearly half a decade already, but still holds up as the best plug-and-play engine management device in the market. The jump from the version 1 to the version 2 in terms of feature support and functionality was massive, so it was a big challenge for the engineers to come up with a way to match that level of improvement on the third generation access port while maintaining the familiar experience that thousands of customers had grown to love. At the end of the day, the best solution was to take everything the V2 did well and simply do it better. Do you like monitoring live data? How about six gauges at once? Data logs are nice, right? Now they record at a higher rate for longer time. Waiting for a map to flash can suck. Now it happens way faster. Do you like custom features that you can adjust on the fly?  It will just keep adding in with free updates over time. Do you hate trying to troubleshoot weird behavior? No worries. Screenshot your check engine lights and custom error messages and send the images to Cobb support for friendly help. You don't have a silver car, you say, but you want your access port to match your paint job? Bam! Custom swappable face plates? I could keep going, but long story short, the V3 at face value kind of seems like a V2 with a nicer screen, but when you actually use it, it is leaps and bounds better in every way and nothing makes us happier than seeing how it transforms a car.


Today we are going to start conceptual framework of financial reporting. Now in this particular standard, rather in particular module, first of all let's see the learning outcomes, understand the role of ISB in financial reporting. ISB is the International Accounting Standard Board who frame these international financial reports. Who are the users of the financial statements? Assumption used in preparation of financial statements. Purpose of financial statements. Understand the importance of why IFRS are the definitive best practices for preparation of the financial statement. Now the financial statement framework and the objective of ISB, what basically ISB want to see when people are going to use these international financial reporting standards. To develop in particular interest a single set of high quality, understandable and enforceable global accounting standards that require high quality, transparent and comparable information in the financial statements to the users. We are not in a single company. We are a number of companies we are and we have different units in the same industry so we need comparable information so unless we put their reports in the same fashion in the same prospects only then it can be useful to the users. To promote the use and rigorous application of these standards they want really that every company at least which are listed on stock exchange should follow these international accounting standards. Now so far to bring the about conversion of national and IFRS to quality solution the word has been seeking the single set of highly qualified or quality global accounting standards to ensure adequate comparability. It means simply that they want globally to follow all these international account area of financial reporting standards. Now the other thing is to provide the financial information about reporting entity. Here reporting entity as I said it's not a single company it can be a group of companies also that it is useful to present and potential equity investors. Normally emphasis are on the shareholders but that's not enough. It's lenders and other creditors in decision making who about providing resources to the entity. Even the employees are providing services to the entity so they also are interested to know that the accounts are being prepared according to the financial reporting standards. Decision involving buying, selling or holding equity and debt instruments and providing or settling loans and other forms of credit. Then the objective of financial reporting identify investors and creditors at the primary user of the journal purpose statements. Now among the users as I said there are three groups basically one is the customer on the top. Customer is on top because they utilize our goods and services so that's why we are saying that they are on the top. Then we have the employees number two according to me employees because they provide services to the company and they do their best to promote the company's affair. Similarly then we have the creditors. Creditors here not only the suppliers of goods and services but also the shareholders and those who provide resources they are all creditors. Now government regulators are also very interested in it. Then researchers and analysts are also interested in it. Journal public at large they are also interested in it because they want quality product at a reasonable price. So unless you look into those international accounting standard what is their requirement how they want the account to be prepared then only then it is possible that we can serving all these users. The framework is built upon the fundamental understanding that the harmonization can be best be pursued by focusing on financial statement that are prepared for the purpose of providing information and that is useful in making economic decision. You know we are doing business let's say we are in a manufacturing business so we are producing some goods but the question is those who are outsider how they come to know that you are doing a good job unless you provide them some information and those information is supposed to be in the form of financial reports. The framework recognize that not all information need of all users can be addressed in a single set of financial statement however there are needs common to all users all the interested in the position and financial of the entity. Here there are results is the important thing that if you are buying and selling so at the end of the day are you making profit or loss. So people are interested to know how you are doing the business. Similarly at the end of the year you must know what are the assets and liabilities you have how much resources you generated and how much you used. Then now there is underlying the assumptions this is the important thing because we assume first of all we assume here that we in business are honest people. So when we are doing business when we are selling something the buyer is aware that we are giving them a best service the best goods. Similarly when we are borrowing money so we assume that we are going to return that money also. So interesting thing is that we are all honest people only than business activity can perform. So a cruel here means that it's not a question of receipt and payment it's a question of if something happened if some events is happened that will be recorded there and then. For example you're selling on credit record a sale but you're not receiving the money yet. You're using the light but you're not paying there and then but you have to record it that the question is that you are recording the events happen. Once the event is happened you must be recorded in your books of accounts. Now the effect of transaction and other events are recognized when they occur. Cash and cash equivalent is not received are not that important and they are recorded in the accounting records and reports in the financial statement of the periods to which they relate. It's very important profit and loss account or income statement is for the whole period. Whole period means a whole year or maybe a quarter or maybe half year or maybe monthly but currently even weekly and then the other assumption which is also very crucial going concern. Going concern means that the entity is going to continue in business and they have no intention whatsoever to close it down because if you if you know if people know that you're going to close it down no one going to do business with you. So we need to assume here the entity is assumed to be going concern that is an account continuing in operation for the foreseeable future. This foreseeable future means at least three years not only one year. It is assumed that the entity has neither the intention nor the need to liquidate or curtail materially the scale of its operation. You know sometimes we are producing two products and if it if you decide to stop one and that's giving the other and the only one then people might think that they are not going to give the second one even after some time. So they don't like it. We have to assume that we are going to continue and our accounts are based on going concern basis. Now compliance with IFRS give a true and fair view. They are definitive statements of what constitute best practices. In fact this framework things started long long time ago but in 1920-2018 they come up with a solid framework that okay this is now you keep following and they keep on changing also. Let me tell you it's not that 1890 they started then then 2010 and now then 2018. So things have been changing. Adoption of a local accounting standards. In fact in Pakistan also we tried to have our own standards but unfortunately we cannot continue. Similarly in England there was their own standard they used to call it standard statement of accounting practices. Again now they are they have to stop also. Similarly in America we used to have financial financial accounting standards so they also stop and all over the world now it is international financial reporting standards. Now previously they are international accounting standards but now they are removing from international accounting standards to international financial reporting standards. So things have been changing and let me tell you that it's not the end of it. They are going to change in future also. We have to be ready to opt the change in those standards. Persuasion influence is the formatting local accounting standards. Then IFRS do not have the explicit legal force any non-compliance would be highlighted in the financial statement of large companies. Here I want to explain one thing you know our laws our companies laws also required that we should follow these standards. In fact they have mentioned clearly this this this this standard should be followed and if we are not following those standards the auditors can give an qualified report. So that's why now we need to follow these standards strictly. IFRS are authoritative statements of how particular type of transaction and event should be reflected in the financial statement. Thank you very much.


ither party or on the commission's own initiative in order to protect the privacy interests of either party or other individual to protect proprietary or sensitive technical information, including but not limited to software, algorithms and trade secrets or for other good cause shown such a determination rest in the sole discretion of the commission. And that was included based upon a case issued or decision issued by the SJC involving the sex offender registry board many years ago, which essentially said that a public body can close an adjudicatory hearing to the public for certain reasons, but it's best if it includes that authority in its own regulations, which is why we have included them. Now remember, it's also important to remember that when the commission conducts adjudicatory proceedings, it's doing so outside of the open meeting law. It's sitting in a quasi-judicial capacity, which the open meeting law recognizes outside the balance of the open meeting law. So instead of those provisions of 30A, there are the hearing provisions of chapter 30A that govern an adjudicatory proceeding. So there are similar protections in place in both instances, but it's a different body of law. Commissioner, can I? Yeah, just a point. It would seem to me, now if again to answer the question about if one commissioner feels differently than another, I do feel like if an agenda setting, no reports there, you just bring it forward, the purpose of scheduling, you just say, look, I am troubled by, or I think there's some information that I think we should trigger an adjudicatory and leave it at that. It doesn't, you know, no discussion about it. And then I think the private or public adjudicatory process could be maybe, it would be IEB's responsibility to be in touch with the qualifier and say this matter will be handled in an adjudicatory. And if those privacy issues are then brought to light, it could be triggered at that point that it becomes a private adjudicatory process as opposed to public. And that may give the qualifier the confidence to say, okay, I really want this job and I'd like to be able to do it if I could do it in this manner. So does that make sense to kind of have steps that move forward that way? I like that a lot because I think there's a tension otherwise, right, commissioner, that somehow we're reluctant to ask questions because we don't want to embarrass them, but it doesn't mean that they're outcome oriented questions necessarily, you know, in other words, it doesn't have to be such a bad report that we shouldn't ask clarifying questions. Agreed. And that the process shouldn't be so overwhelmingly burdensome that we're reluctant to ask our team for the hearing. So it's actually two tensions, right? And so it's gonna take some work on process to make it streamlined. And I think Eileen, commissioner O'Brien's got some ideas on that along with, I know director Lillio's, you've got ideas streamline the process of that we're not burdened by that tension. And then like commissioner Cameron said, you know, it will give the individual sort of some solace to say, this may not be all bad. They just may want some questions asked. And we'll make sure to preserve their rights that are required by statute in the 38 process.  Do you have something to add or clarify? No, no, I think I really like this discussion. I think the insights relative to, you know, this could, this has not been a big issue, of course, because of all the reports, but it's a very good occasion to think about it. One of the many benefits of having careful lawyers in both the staff at the commission is that those of us that are not continue to benefit from that, including also having new commissioners come in and take a fresh look at the regs that were promulgated a little while ago. And we sort of took, you know, we read them, those of us that have been here for a while, read them a while ago and sort of like, you know, went a little bit on autopilot, or lack of a better word. But I think that the briefing before this and this discussion today, whether it ends up being a tweak of that reg or not, just a streamlining of the process, like we're discussing here with those great ideas to make workable report that doesn't have to be redacted a process that doesn't have to be overly burdensome for the vast majority of the reports, but the occasional instance, which we may need to trigger that adjudicatory process with all the due process is really important. Thank you for that. And I have to say as much as, you know, Commissioner Cameron's right in the event that our regulatory responsibilities expand and suitability issues may expand and suitability issues may come before us in greater numbers. That's one reason to look at this, but I also was thinking in the event we're gonna get a new commissioner. How do we explain this process? So I needed to understand it myself. And so there we are. And then, of course, Commissioner Bryan brings her litigation background and, you know, we've got Todd and Loretta with all this experience. So I think we can get there. I think the reg structure that was devised years ago still is completely relevant. It's just that we don't want to overcomplicate or as I said, you know, make a mountain out of a molehill unnecessarily, but still preserve meaningful, our, you know, our input to be meaningful in the process to be meaningful. So I don't think we require a vote at this stage, right? This is just where the regs are in place. So no new guidance needed, Loretta and Todd. And then we'll just get an update from you as we move forward on the process, restoring the process maybe is the best way to say it. I could use a little more guidance. I think I heard maybe some ambiguity about your thoughts about the public comment piece. That's fair. That's fair. We didn't really resolve that. So right now you're supposed to, if we do a public hearing for suitability solicit public comment, I think what I'm hearing is maybe during REG review or even sooner, we could propose that that, Karen smiling, that we revisit that. I mean, we always want to be welcome input, but I don't know about that. It's hard for me to imagine how that works. It's a requirement now that we're supposed to be doing. That's right. So when we post the agenda, is there any further direction to people in terms of public comment or have we been silent on that? On the suitability reports, I've never been instructed to solicit public comment for suitability, you know? So one of the things that maybe would be, you get together with Todd, and if you want the chair to have somebody help in terms of even suggested language in the interim to make sure we're complying with the REG and then conversation about whether the REG maybe needs to be altered in terms of, do we really need to be soliciting public comment at this point? So maybe both of those would be the next steps. I think that makes sense. And then revisit it, you know, and actually doing it might, let's see what happens if we are fully compliant. You know, we have, I think that all of us know we have an obligation to be fully compliant with our REG center and of course the statute. But we have a process underway where the regulations don't make sense or might add unnecessary burden. You've got your factors in place, Commissioner Zuniga and Karen. It's on this docket. Then that's right. So this is where we look at it. And you know, this is, I know that we're kind of doing things sequential, but on the other hand, if there's an opportunity to be focused while we're thinking about this, maybe we look at this at the same time, you know, Karen and R.E.K. Right. Yeah, no, that could very well, just on that process of regulation review, we have our first set. When we're ready, we'll come back and update you all. And that has to do with rules of the games and things like that. But that could easily be another aspect. Especially now that we have them memorized. I think there's a tweak perhaps relative to the public comment where we could, you know, I don't have exact language or a section, but where we could still preserve the idea that somebody could come out of the woodwork and say, hey, I know something or other. But the reality is that, you know, the IEB's investigation is just so thorough with access to so much information that the likelihood of that is slow. But- Maybe we preserve the right to- Yeah, yeah, preserve the right or maybe just notify the name of somebody without necessarily the full detailed report with active, let's say, to get public comment. And I'm just thinking out loud here for a minute, but in my view, there's potentially at least the way to preserve the idea of soliciting comment without making the overly burdensome part of having to wait for the full redacted report for us to be able to do that. Does that help, Lorena? So right now, we've got a little bit of a, we don't have a report in front of us, but, you know, if the reg still stands as is, we'll just have to, we'll take care of some process to be compliant and then we'll look at that as, give us maybe a little bit of a pilot, right? Okay. So, Todd, does that make sense to you? Okay, good. But Lorena, but you clear on the rest of the discussion, right? Relative to process and the agenda setting to trigger whether or not to trigger the adjudicatory process, right? I am. Yeah. Lorena and Todd have given this really good thought. And our main concern is, well, for me, my main concern is, you know, meaningful participation by the commissioners. And at the same time, not overburdening them with process. And I'm counting on something that complies with the 38 requirements. That's not crazy burdensome. I think we can accomplish that. Commissioner O'Brien, I think that you've got some great ideas on that front. Commissioner Cameron? All set. Thank you. Yes. We don't need to vote. This is just a consensus, a good discussion. We'll stay tuned, have the opportunity to, when we do have another suitability report to see how it works, right? And we'll move forward. Excellent. Really helpful for me selfishly. But I think it turns out I'm hearing that you've thought it was all helpful for you as well. So just a good check-in. All right. So that concludes, what are you all set? I am. Thank you. Okay. Then commissioner updates. Number six, do we have any updates? I do share, if I may, I want to state for the record that I submitted a disclosure to my appointing appointing authority, a 23B3 disclosure under 268A relative to the appearance of conflict of an interest. I sought and obtained advice from the ethics commission prior to contemplating, responding to a job hosting for an organization called the ICRG, the International Center for Responsible Gaming. I followed their advice and complied with all the 268A requirements after what they directed me to an advisory that's specific to the situation that I found myself. I am now doing this disclosure as part of the public meeting in accordance with the enhanced code of ethics that we recently revised to ensure that the public and you all know of this filing of a disclosure. The specific situation is I responded to a job posting or the International Center on Responsible Gaming which is a nonprofit that has a mission of helping individuals and families affected by gambling disorder through research and evidence-based education programs. This position is for an executive director and the executive director reports to a board that is comprised of 13 people, three of them give rise to the need for this disclosure. One of those board members is Mr. Phil Satri who is, as you all know, the chairman of Wing Resorts. Another one is Mark Vanderlinden who works for us in the research and responsible gaming. And the third one is Mr. Alan Feldman who used to work, no longer works at MGM Resorts. Again, I explain all of this to the attorney of the day at the Ethics Commission. I filed a disclosure with my appointing authority prior to responding to this posting. And again, I'm making this disclosure in accordance with our ethics and enhanced code of ethics. I can take any questions if there is any and also for the record that disclosure in its detail is available for, is a public record. So it's available to anybody who wants to see it. And I understand also what's distributed to my fellow commissioners by our own Todd Grossman in anticipation to this meeting. Any questions? I have any questions? I just want to wish fellow commissioner good luck. Thank you. Not too much luck. Hopefully the process is a little bit longer, like spring. It's a little, yeah, that's a two-way sword, right? Thank you for the update. And it's a burden that we've placed on ourselves. But I think it is, it's helpful, as you know, that, as you said, those documents become public anyway, our public, soon as you buy them. So thank you. Any other commissioner update? Okay. And then commissioner Cameron, we'll talk about the agenda setting, but the IAGRIT conference continues. Not today, but we are due for a update, probably maybe as soon as our next commission meeting. We'll have it on the agenda next week and we'll have an update the following. Yeah, we'll look forward to that because of time it's approaching, right? So it is. Okay, excellent. So without any other new business meeting, I disappointed Mary Ann and thank you. I appreciate everyone's participation today. Of course, the team for hanging in there. But most importantly, the commission is really important work for us to do today. Very exciting developments. Friday, I wish PPC great luck. That's tomorrow. I hope the weather is good for them. And I'm welcoming any pictures or photos of their activities out there with the expanded gaming establishment in their outdoor seating. Oh, it opens tomorrow? Is that? Yeah, tomorrow is the 25th. Yeah, I remember we had thought it was last week and so tomorrow, and then that was reported on the red light. It's tomorrow, correct? Okay. So I'm planning on visiting tomorrow, PPC of all things. Oh, well, you're gonna have that. Oh, you take photos for us. That would be great. Yes. Great. And I did get to Concord. Guess it was last week and saw a lot of their developments underway, a lot of shifting and got to see Jenny and Brian briefly. So on core, no evidence of any plexiglass anywhere, but the vaccine site was still there, not busy. Massachusetts, we should be very proud of where we've gotten on that front. So anyway, commissioners, if you have nothing else, anything else you want to say to the team? Thank you for all the work that everybody does. Commissioner Brian. Yeah, just thank you to everybody because we're finally coming out the other side. So it feels good. I know, I know. Commissioner Cameron. That same thing, good work, everybody. With that. Move to adjourn. Second. Right. To all the kids who are home, commissioner O'Brien, they're all done school. Good luck. I know, Todd, you've got the same thing. I'm seeing faces. Good luck with the children. That's the summer starts and congratulations to them. All right. Commissioner Cameron. Hi. Commissioner O'Brien. Hi. Commissioner Zinica. Hi. And I vote yes. Four zero. Thank you. And thank you, Tonya, for your good work. Thank you, Karen. Thank you, team Todd. Thank you, Lorena. Thank you. Hi, everybody.


Good evening everyone and amongst us we have Advocate Vinesh Rao who not only deals with the advocacy as such but his passion for prevention of animal cruelty is one of the takes that we thought that on the eve of Mahatma Gandhi's birthday as well as of Lal Bahadur Shastri why not we speak in respect of animal cruelty when the constitutional framers itself in terms of article 48 gives us the way and insights to look into it though on animal cruelty it will be a much larger canvas but today's session would be on the cattle smuggling and legal analysis thereof and as we all know those who have been connected with us we bring speakers who have immense knowledge similarly Vinesh Rao is a well known name not only the advocacy part but the way he takes things forward to make things simplified he makes he blocks unblocked just like a Rubik you that one can understand how things are to be sorted out and what are the ways and aspects things can be looked and I will ask Mr. Vinay to take over the baton and share his knowledge over to you and we are thankful that you have accepted our invite. Thank you Vikas ji I am extremely grateful that you have given me this opportunity and your platform to discuss and talk about the laws relating to prevention of animal cruelty and the laws which are relevant to ensure the prevention of cattle smuggling which is widespread mostly in the border areas the reason I wanted to talk about this subject is that I have seen in my practice I have appeared across various high courts like for most of the bordering states high courts like Tripura, Assam, Odisha, Calcutta, Meghalaya and I have also appeared before various magistrate in session courts so in my experience I have realized that the knowledge about the prevention of cruelty act and the rules relating to the cruelty act is very low whenever I appear I see that the lawyer from the other side are not so well versed with the law and the jurisprudence which have evolved over a period of time relating to this prevention of cruelty not only that I see that even the judges not only they do not have much idea about this particular branch of the law but unfortunately most of the time they do not have the readily available books also to deal with such matters so what we do most of the time is to carry a compilation which we hand over to the other side which we hand over to the judges and I also feel that a lot of knowledge of this particular branch of law is required to be disseminated in the society so the society while we are all very well aware of our in these present times we are aware of our fundamental rights but very little is known about our fundamental duties towards the animals so I feel that it is extremely important that as a citizen we know little bit about our fundamental duties also with respect to the citizens article 51 a g within bracket small g that clearly states that it shall be the duty of the citizens to have compassion for living creatures and while in acting article 51 a g and giving it to the status of fundamental duty one of the objects sought to be achieved by the parliament was to ensure that the spirit and message of article 48 and 48 a are honored as a fundamental duty of every citizen article 51 g a capital a within bracket small g enjoins that it is a fundamental duty of every citizen to have compassion for living creatures which means concerns for suffering sympathy and kindness it is further article 51 capital a within bracket h says that it shall be the duty of every citizen to develop the scientific temper humanism and the spirit of inquiry and reform particular emphasis has been made to the expression humanism which has a number of meanings but increasingly it also means sensibilities for our species human humanism also means to understand the compassion mercy for the animals who cannot look after themselves so it is the duty of this every citizen to look after the welfare and well-being of the citizens and it is our duty to prevent the infliction of pain or suffering on animals therefore if we read both article 51 a g and edge then we would realize that it is our fundamental duty to ensure the well-being of the animals and also to prevent the unnecessary inflection of pain upon the animals so before I deal with the subject of cattle smuggling which is my primary subject of the day I would like to begin with a little bit of history of article 48 which you see was incited to enjoin a duty upon the states to prevent slaughtering of the animals while many of the states have brought out the law to prevent cattle slaughter but unfortunately it is not implemented in the manner and the street in which it should have been implemented but the most unfortunate part of it is that a very large amount of smuggling takes place mostly to the Bangladesh Bangladesh shares over 4000 kilometers of boundary with India out of which 2100 kilometer is shared with West Bengal and 400 kilometer under South Bengal particularly is a very poorest zone and this is the South Bengal some of the areas such as Kugli, Ilam Bajjar, Rampur Heart, Suti, Murchidabad are the areas to which the cattle are smuggled to Bangladesh in fact it would be surprised to know that almost 76 percent of the smuggling of the cattle takes place through West Bengal you see the reason for smuggling to Bangladesh is mostly that there is a high beef demand in Bangladesh moreover there are large beef processing units in Bangladesh to export to other European countries and US and other countries so the cattle from states such as Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Harkhand, Punjab, Haryana, Odisha are brought to the markets in West Bengal and then they are smuggled across Bangladesh border even though the government through the health of the border security force has tried to prevent cattle smuggling over years and the cattle smuggling has reduced in numbers but still a lot of work needs to be done now here comes the role of us citizens and the NGOs to help the government in prevention of cattle smuggling the question arises as to what and how we can we can help the government in prevention of cattle smuggling so before I deal with how to prevent the cattle smuggling it is essential for us to know what are the laws relating to prevention of animal cruelty then I will deal with how we as a citizen and how the NGOs can strengthen the hand of the government to prevent cattle smuggling in any form and in fact prevention of cruelty on any animal not only cattle's prevention of cruelty on any animal in any form in any manner how we can do and how we can perform our fundamental duty so first of all we should know what are the relevant act and what are the relevant provisions or the rules to prevent animal cruelty first of all you must know that there is a prevention of cruelty to animals at 1960 which extensively deals with the laws relating to cruelty these are anti-cruelty laws and how if any cruelty is done to an animal then how the accused should be dealt with then there is prevention of cruelty to animal care and maintenance of case property rules I will just put in the chat box the relevant name of the relevant act and the rules for the benefit of the viewers so this is the main act to prevent the cruelty to the animals then there is there was a rule which was introduced in 2017 to deal with prevention of cruelty to animal care and maintenance of case property in 2017 I will deal with the purpose of this particular provision in a short while then there is transport of animal's rules 1978 there is a rule called prevention of cruelty to regulation of livestock market rules 2017 which deals with how the purchase and sale of the animals in a market place has to be dealt with then there is a also a law rule called prevention of cruelty to animals establishment and regulation of society for prevention of cruelty to animals rules 2001 now in terms of this particular rule prevention of cruelty to animal establishment and regulation of society for prevention of cruelty to animals rule 2001 under section 38 of the prevention of cruelty to animals in 1960 with the view to establish societies for prevention of cruelty to animals in short SPCA in every district in the state so the rule says that every district must have a society for prevention of cruelty to animals but unfortunately despite several order of the supreme court and direction of the honorable supreme court to all the states in the country unfortunately these societies for prevention of cruelty to animals are not yet constituted so if this the responsibility which is enjoined or given to the state that look establish a society for prevention of cruelty to animals where you see the public at large of that particular district and respected citizens can be the member and they can ensure the prevention of cruelty to the animals unfortunately these so-tices are not yet constituted by the government despite the rules being there and despite several judgment of the supreme court in place so it is the responsibilities of the NGOs and the common man to ensure that the prevention of cruelty act is implemented and regulated now I will take you through some of the important provision of the prevention of cruelty act and the relevant rules before I go further because he may be permitted to share the screen or to show the relevant rules it would be useful if I show to the viewers the relevant rules and the act relevant provision of the act and the rules keep on I'm just allowing you that right just told them okay so section three section three of the prevention of cruelty act says that itself is duty of every person having the care or charge of any animal to take all reasonable measures to ensure the well-being of such animal and to prevent the infliction upon such animal of unnecessary pain or suffering so section three very clearly says that every person who has the charge of the animal or who is supposed to take care of the animal should take all measures to ensure the well-being of such animal and to prevent inflection upon such animal of unnecessary pain or suffering now section 11 of this act has provided various manners which will be treated or deemed to be treated as treating the animals too early for example if any person okay is it visible sex this section 11 I'm seeing yes so as you can see section 11 it talks about what will be deemed to be treated as treating animals too early if any person be it sticks over rights over rights overloads tortures or otherwise treats any animal so as to subject it to unnecessary pain or suffering employs in any work or labor or for any purpose any animal which by reason of it says or disease in permitting wound is unfit to be so employed then willfully or unnecessarily administers any injurious drug or injurious substance to any animal then D is very important conveys or carries whether in or upon any vehicle or not any animal in such a manner or position so as to subject it to unnecessary pain or suffering now why I'm saying that this is so important conveys or carries whether in any vehicle or upon value vehicle or not any animal in such a manner or position so as to subject it to unnecessary pain or suffering so if any animal is transported in a cruel manner then it will be dreamed that deemed that such animal has been treated query now I would like to show you the rule the detailed rule relating to the transportation of the animal you'd be surprised to know that there are elaborate rules to deal with how the different animals or the various animals should be transported transport of animal you see it says it provides room for transport of transport of dogs and cats these are very detailed rules you see transport of monkeys then there are rules relating to transport of cattle which starts from 146 so for transportation you will see that a valid certificate by a qualified veterinary surgeon the fact that the cattle are in a fit condition travel by mail or road and are not suffering from any infectious or contagious or parasitic diseases and that they have been vaccinated against interface and any other infectious or contagious or parasitic digital cell company such consignment then rule 48 says that the veterinary first-aid equipment cell accompany all batches of cattle further it says that I'm not reading out each and every room it says that average space provided for cattle in railway Megan or Wacky cell not released in two square meters the cattle shall be loaded after they are properly fed in given water the cattle in the advanced stage of pregnancy cell not be mixed with the young cattle in order to avoid a standpoint during transportation sufficient food and food with adequate results will be carried to the last during the journey water ring arrangement on routes will be made in sufficient quantities of water shall be carried adequate vital ventilations shall be ensured now let us go to rule 56 because rule 55 it is relating to transport by rail and generally you see the cruelty does not happen while transporting the animals through the railways the cruelty happens when the cattle are transported through goods vehicle now for the transportation of a cattle by goods vehicle there are very elaborate rules which is provided in sex room 46 it says that the vehicle shall be a specially fitted goods vehicle with a special type of tailboard and padding around the sides should be used ordinary goods vehicle shall be provided with anti-sleeping materials such as choir matting ordained wood on the floor and the superstructure if the load should be raised no goods vehicle shall carry more than six cattle now this is the most important provision that the goods factory should not carry more than six cattle now invariably we have seen in my experience that whenever a cattle is transported for butchering or smuggling then they are mercilessly loaded in the vehicle while the law says that more than six cattle should not be carried in a vehicle and there should be a minimum space of two square meter per cattle and there should be arrangement for food water and everything unfortunately the cattle are transported in a very very cruel manner you'd be surprised to know that even 35 to 40 cattle are transported in one goods vehicle even a vehicle like bolero there are cases which I have handled where six to eight cattle are loaded so this is very very important that not only in the goods vehicle even in a passenger vehicle like bolero they are able to transport six to eight cattle so how do we prevent such transportation what these NGOs do one of the NGOs which I regularly work with is Dhan Foundation they have Gaushala or animal welfare centers all across the country they work in tandem with the BSF and their volunteers whenever they see because you see generally this cattle transportation which takes place for the purpose of smuggling they were fixed room so so their volunteers keep track of such vacals and in fact they not only they are aware of them there are many such NGOs who informs the local police that look this vehicle is carrying the cattle in a cruel and illegal manner so once such information is given then what is the role of the NGO so here before I go further it would be important to refer to prevention of cruelty to animal care and mention in case property in 2017 now rule three says that the custody of animal spending litigation it deals with the custody of animal spending litigation it says so you see once you inform the police or whether the police on its own had seized an animal which is being transported clearly or which is being dealt with well so once an animal has been seized because the law very clearly says that if any animal is treated clearly then such animal is liable for seizure so once the animal is seized then this rule prevention of cruelty to animal care and maintenance of case property animals rules 2016 which was notified in 2017 springs into action so it says that if any animal is seized then during pendency of the litigation the custody of the animal should be given to an informally kindly referred to rule 3b which says that animal has to be housed at an infirmary pinjera pool spca animal welfare organization or ghosala during the pendency of the litigation now here comes the role of a NGO the NGO can file a application intervention application for custody after filing of the FIR the first requirement is that an FIR must be filed by the local police and even if you see many cases bsf seizes the animal at the border then bfs also bsf also is supposed to approach the local police station for lodging of an FIR so once the animal is seized and the FIR is lodged then a application under section 457 of the CRPC can be filed before the magistrate and the custody can be sought under rule 3 of the prevention of cruelty to animal care and maintenance of case property animals rules 2017 now on custody at the time of giving of the custody it is necessary that the authorities seizing the animal shall ensure the health inspection identification and marking such animal through the jurisdictional veterinary officer deployed at the government hospital and marking should be done by ear taking or by chipping or by any less ixum advanced technology so it is necessary that the animal is identified through some non ixum method and the health inspection of the animal is done after that the magistrate while handing over the custody as per rule 5 shall determine an amount which is sufficient to ensure to cover the all the reasonable expenses which are going to be incurred for the transportation maintenance and treatment of the animal based at the gosala to which it is given or any animal and family or nice and to which the temporary custody is given during pregnancy of the litigation so the accused at the accused may be the driver of the vehicle or the owner of the vehicle or the owner of the cattle who comes forward to claim the ownership they are supposed to achieve execute the bond to ensure that the cost of the maintenance of the animal and the transport of the animal to the gosala is taken care of and the animal welfare organization or the gosala can draw upon such bond on a food nightly basis to recover the cost incurred for the maintenance to for the maintenance of the maintenance and care of the animal further the law also says that the vehicle which is used for the purpose of such an offense shall be held as a security so both things is important if the animal is seized and handed over to a gosala at the same time the vehicle which is used for the purpose of some illegal activities also seized and it is kept as a security with the police officers now it is very important that a intervention application is also filed by the NGO who is seeking custody of the animal that the vehicle should not be handed over back to the transporter because if the means of the commission of such offense is frozen then obviously such cattle smuggling will reduce in the time to come so we endeavor that not only the animal is seized and handed over to the gosala but we also try our labor base to ensure that the vehicle which has been used for such offense is also seized and held as a security now you see one may ask the question now what happens usually in such cases that whenever you see we file such intervention application seeking custody of the animal then the owner of the cattle comes forward before the magistrate he says that look I am the owner I am not involved with the crime I am not the accused I am running a dairy farm or I am a agriculturalist so please hand over the cattle back to me and I will ensure that the cattle are not butchered and they are taken care of so I being the owner I should have the primary right over the gosalas in many cases it is in some of the cases it is seen that the magistrate hands of the cattle to the owner on the ground that the animal and the owner has a better right over the gosala and while doing so they usually rely upon a old 1988 judgment of the supreme court in the case of I will just share the citation one second I will share the citation in the chat box it was in the case of manager pinjrapol devdar verse chakram or arji and others reported in air 1998 supreme court 2769 there in the honorable supreme court interpreted that the law uses the word may because section 35 says that the custody of the animal may be given to the custody of the pinjrapol or gosala or animal welfare organization but we need to appreciate that this judgment of 1998 is no more relevant in the present context because at that point of time this preventer of reality to animal care and maintenance case property in 2017 was not in existence and the detailed manner in which the case property pending trial should be dealt with such as the manner of the seizure of the animal intrigue custody cost of care and maintenance holding the vehicle of the vehicle as security and all these aspects were not there in existence and in fact there after several judgment of the honorable supreme court has also come one of the very important judgment of the honorable supreme court is a very recent judgment of 2020 wearing honorable supreme court elaborately dealt with transport of animals in 1978 prevention of animal cruelty and came to the conclusion that during pendency of the litigation the custody of the animal cannot be given to the accused it has to be given to an animal welfare organization gosala or an animal any animal welfare organization now the another question which arises is that why the custody of the cattle should not be given to the honor if it comes forward now relating to this it is very important to know that section 11 subsection 2 of the prevention of cruelty at 1916 very clearly says that the honor shall be deemed to be an accused so even if the honor has not been erred as an accused in the FIR as per section 11 he will be deemed to be an accused and once is deemed to be an accused then there are not only judgment of the supreme court which just I read out there are judgments of the various high courts which have clearly had that during pendency of the litigation custody should never be given to the accused now one of the judgment will which I would which I would like to read out is judgment of the honorable tripura high court a very recent judgment of 2021 I am just sharing the citation over here what does it say it says that under the prevention of cruelty to animals at 1960 that during the as per the act and the rules the custody of animal in respect of which an offense under the act has been committed should not be given to the accused pending litigation rather the right of the honor shall stand for fitted if he is convicted or he pleads guilty to offense section 11 2 of the act is unambiguous terms provides that the honor shall be deemed to be a committed and offense if he fails to exercise reasonable care and supervision supervision for preventing cruelty to his cattle therefore if any cattle is transported in a dual manner then the custody can never be given to the accused or the honor and it should always go to the custody of a gossala or animal welfare organization another issue which frequently arises is that in a criminal matter third party has no locus because once a criminal offense is committed that it is between the state and the accused and third party should not be allowed to intervene and play any role whatsoever in any criminal matter so here there are two judgments one of patna high court and another of alabad high court which has extensively dealt with the issue of the locus of a NGO or a citizen of the country i've shared the citation in the chat box these judgments very clearly say that the prevention of animal cruelty to animal sex has been enacted to prevent the inflection of unnecessary pain or suffering on animals and there is no doubt that apex court in various judgments have failed that the third party is no locus is standing to file criminal revision petition against the judicial order as the third party is neither complainant nor agreed party but the prevention of cruelty act has been enacted to prevent the inflection of unnecessary pain and the directive principle of state policy enshrined in article 1448 says that the state have endeavored to prohibit the slaughter of cows and cows and other milk and drought cattle therefore if any animal is put into cruelty and state fails to protect the animal even stranger to the proceeding being Indian citizen as every right to take legal records to prevent the cruelty towards the said animal so therefore the courts have held that since a citizen has a fundamental duty to prevent inflection of pain around the animals therefore any NGO or a third party who has the g-lane mission to come to the court and bring to the notice the matter of animal cruelty they should be heard and they should not be thrown out on the ground that they are third party now in this respect there is a judgment of the Orissa High Court with respect to the rules that the vehicle during the pendency of the litigation should not be released in favor of the accused that judgment of the Orissa High Court the relevant judgment citation I have shared in the chat box now one of the most important judgment in the field of animal cruelty act is the judgment of 2014 honorable supreme court in the case of animal welfare board of India versus the Nagraja and others now this particular judgment was in the context of prevention of that Jallikattu which was a kind of a festival being celebrated in the state of in the southern states and it used to result into a lot of pain and cruelty upon the animals who were used in such festivals so honorable supreme court dealt with the various aspects of the cruelty to the animals who and made some very very important observations I think which we all must know the court said that PCA act is a welfare organization which have to be construed bearing in mind the purpose and object of the act and the directive principle of state policy it was said that it is a trite law that in the matters of welfare legislation the provision of law should be liberally construed in favor of the weak and in fact and the court should be vigilant to see that the benefit conferred by such really medial and welfare legislation are not defeated by subtle devices court has got the duty that in every case where the ingenuity is expended to avoid welfare legislation to get behind the smoke screen and discover the true state of affairs court can go behind the form and see the substance of the device for which it has to pierce the wheel and examine whether the guidelines of the regulations are framed so as to achieve some other purpose than the welfare of the animals the court further said that the courts would not hesitate to strike down any attempt to dilute or defeat the welfare legislation and the constitutional principle the court also said that it has a duty under the doctrine of parents patry to take care of the rights of animals since they are unable to take care of them of themselves as against human being now one of the very other important or the new principle which emerged in this judgment it says that article 20 one of the constitution while safeguarding the rights of humans protects lying and the word lie has to be given an expanded definition and any disturbance from the basic informant which includes all form of life including animal life which are necessary for human life all within the meaning of article 21 of the constitution so the benefit of article 21 of the constituted in fact the fundamental rights were extended to the animals also in this context it would be important to know the historical background of the article 48 that in the constitution assembly when the debate was being done to have the prevention of cow slaughter as a fundamental right fundamental right in the constitution itself then it was said that article 21 fundamental right applies only to the human it does not apply to the animal so that particular provision was sent to fundamental duty under article 48 but fortunately the honorable supreme court has interpreted article 21 to extend the benefit of such right to animals also so i think this is a very very useful and important judgment in this context of animal welfare laws now before i conclude my talk i would just like to recapitulate what i discussed what i say is that if any cruelty to the animal in any form whether in transportation whether to the cattle or to any way any any other animal is done in any form then we as a citizen should immediately inform our local police station the local police station will file an FIR once the FIR is filed then any welfare organization or NGO can come forward to take care of the custody of such animal who has been treated poorly and for that there are very very elaborate laws which have been in very very brief that during pendency of the litigation the custody of the animal should go to such animal welfare organization and once that is done then automatically if any cattle is whether treated cruelty in any in any slot illegal slaughterhouse or in the course of the transportation then the large-scale cattle smuggling which takes place can certainly be reduced to a large extent so while there is bsf to guard the borders to prevent cattle smuggling we should guard our internal borders we should be vigilant to see if cruelty in any form whether in transportation or otherwise is taking place anywhere anywhere and if it is so we should perform our fundamental duty and ensure the well-being of such an animal now i once again thank vikaji for giving me this opportunity and with this i conclude my talk thank you very much as it was a very niche area and to give an insights to especially the animal lovers we've always been hearing about what initiatives were taken under the patronage or what we can say with when menaka gandhi was in the helm of the field and thereafter but to understand the law and they are very limited issues so we see article 48 article 51 but the dynamism if one sees on a platform one has the more insights if i will just take a question as to what career you feel that and advocate because a lot of people will feel as one in this law of animal cruelty what scope do you feel or like you said that the participation of an NGO in such a phase is good so how NGOs can actually bridge the gap between the society the legal fraternity as such so that people are more sensitized as well as understand because we are talking of cattle we hear a lot of issues regarding the after this dog etc or you have to control this very limited litigation in respect of the cruelty as such what do you feel as such see i feel that i don't think that once you take up this practice in this branch of law as a matter of career because as you said that you want to take up exclusively practicing this particular branch of law then i don't think it is so well because mostly the NGOs comes forward to to ensure the implementation of such laws and i in my personal capacity i do all such matters pro bono i don't charge any fees rather most of the time i end up spending some money from my pocket to file the petition or to see sometime in traveling also because they do reimburse a part of the traveling cost but sometime we ourselves don't charge them but yes of course at the magistrate labor court or even at the high coke level there are advocates whom we engage and we pay them also but the NGOs you see they are mostly more concerned with spending money in taking care of the animals to maintenance of the gozala and they always they try to have a understanding with the lawyer either to charge less or to charge it to the minimum so if anybody who wants to practice in this particular branch of law if they have a passion for for the welfare of the animals if they want to take it up as their duty as a citizen or to perform their fundamental duty as a citizen i think those sort of lawyers mostly they are they are in this field who are animal lovers or who wants to have some sense of their responsibility as a citizen but as a career there are very few yeah so the takeaway from mr vinish roff says that if you have a passion to pay back to the society or what we say as what are the right we all speak of the rights of a citizen but as even related supreme court judgments have said that we all speak of our rights but we know do not much speak on the duties as what lincoln said do not ask what the country does for you but at least ask what you have done for the country the point well taken that if you want to pay back to the society this is a career where you can actually pay back NGOs can become more active and two parts participation of sensitization of the society at large like we have talked about cattle the monkey manans is also one where we see a lot of litigation as to how the monkey manans can be done because there are very few takeaways as to how it can be prevented they are old theories like i also defended a case on behalf of the administration of ut chandigarh they are not as such very regulated instructions you have to go by pamphlet sensitization or by the beat of the drum but it's eventually how you actually carry the message and people get improved and more of the reading skills habits will definitely improve so thank you mr viney for just one last thing i would like to say that uh you see anybody who is watching your show on youtube or year and they wish to do anything anywhere in the country to help implementation in this law if they want to know further about the integrity of this law how to file the petition in the court how to go further what to do if suppose magistrate rejects then how to move the session court or high court then i am there to help i can help them with the draft petition i can help them with the understanding of the law i can help them on a one to one basis personal basis not necessary that there should be a large gathering this is the first opportunity which i have got on a big platform like yours but i am always available for anybody who wishes to come to practice in this branch of law thank you viney that's very kind gesture we have also filed one petition our chambers have also filed a petition in respect of as to the rights of the channels and all how they can be protected and those were actually breeders for that we have filed a petition because there are certain challenges that the rules are behold of the main act so let's see what has been issued you know if india has appeared state of Punjab has appeared how things shape up so everyone stays safe stay blessed and tomorrow we start a series on the part of pleadings tomorrow it will be a simplicity then overview of pleadings and justice pradeep nandhra joke a former chief justice of rajasthan high court and bombay high court have been kind enough to take this into five six parts of the series but do stay connected with us on the social media we are posting it tomorrow it's five p.m everyone stay safe stay blessed and prevent the animal cruelty that's the bottom line of the today's webinar and that is in tune and it syncs with the obligations casted upon the citizen under the constitution india and there couldn't be a better homage to the greatest two greatest sons of the soil that is lal bhabdu shastri and mahatma gandhi and what a way forward to pay it to be with him and as we see this comment of ours is also taking a lot of initiatives today's all social media the prime minister taking into the front highlighting all those aspects thank you thank you very much thank you


For getting to this video, I just have to remind you this is the last day to enter our Tears of the Kingdom Nintendo Switch OLED giveaway. We're also giving away Tears of the Kingdom Collector's Edition and a pin from PAX East. Three separate winners. Head to the pin comment or the link in the description and let's get into this video because we have two parts to the Ask the Developer interview with the developers behind the game and I am going to warn you right now that I'm going to butcher their names. It is what it is.   Let's get into this part four of the interview and we'll get into part five immediately after. Part four, what makes the game the Legend of Zelda like? I know that breaking conventions of the Legend of Zelda was the theme behind the previous title. However, it seems that breaking the conventions of sequels was the concept for this title because it's filled with so many new elements despite being a sequel. Dota responds and says, yes, that's right. As we are having this discussion, I was thinking that if we had created the game from scratch in a completely different world, we might've ended up with something with a similar gameplay feel to the last one just with a different map. Fuji Bayashi says, I think he has a point. We often say that we should create games through multiplication. For example, we believe that taking the main character's ability and multiplying it with a world that has a lot to offer will result in a different experience for every player, every time. For example, as we wanted to keep offering a different experience every time without changing the world as a lot to offer, it was only natural for us to change the main character's ability and create something new. That's why we completely redesigned Link's abilities. So Link's abilities are shown in Anuma-san's recent gameplay. We're completely new and different from those of the last game. But when they haven't completely redesigned, you mean all his abilities are different. Anuma responds, yes, they are all new. You'd be wrong if you thought the abilities were the same as before. Laughs in particular. One of the things that sets this title apart, the fun of attaching objects to each other was something that Fuji Bayashi-san brought up in the early stages of development saying, this is the gameplay I want implemented in the sequel. Fuji Bayashi said, back then, I tried creating vehicles using only the mechanisms and parts available in the previous game and presented them. For instance, I used spinning cog wheels as tires and attached four of them to a board to create a car. I also made a paddle streamer by attaching boards to those self-rotating cog wheels. By assembling stone slabs into a gum barrel and using a remote bomb, I also created a cannon that shoots ancient spheres. I attached it to a car to create a tank. Laughs. By showing these ideas, I proposed that if Link had the ability to attach things together, we could create this new kind of gameplay using materials we already had available. This is how we came up with the idea of creating vehicles with the ultra hand ability in this title. So I see. So the idea of attaching objects together to create something was present from the early stages of development. Watching Aonuma-san's gameplay, it was intuitive and easy to understand what you can do by attaching things. Dota responds, the object-to-object combinations are something our designers and programmers put a lot of effort into adjusting because of the sheer number of variations. I want players to experiment with lots of combinations and find their favorite. Takizawa says, not only can you attach objects with the ultra hand ability, but you can also build weapons with the fuse ability. So the variety of combinations is truly massive. Our staff worked hard to make these special adjustments to each item to ensure players won't be disappointed and think, this isn't what I expected. Thanks to their efforts, we developed lots of attractive weapons that could be created with the fuse ability. You can create a spear that looks like the Grim Reaper Scythe, as an example. Aonuma says, but you see what looks like glue bulging out in between the attached objects, right? At first I was shocked and thought, what are we really going with this? Laughs. Takizawa says, did I just get called out? Laughs. I'm pretty sure that was the most obvious way to express whether the objects are attached or not. I'm quite confident of that. Laughs. Wakai responds, that expression of glue-like substances was also present from a sound design perspective because it was easy to translate into sound into real life. So for that, I'm very thankful. Rather than unrealistic abstract sounds, unrefined sounds that give players a more realistic sense of texture and accomplishment often feel right for the Legend of Zelda games. As this game evolves repeatedly attaching and detaching objects, we wanted to develop a sound effect that informs player that an object is now ready to be attached. So regardless of what objects you're sticking together, you always hear the same attaching sound. Since it's a sound that you will hear over and over again, we thought the key was to create something that would give players a feeling of accomplishment so that they could genuinely enjoy the process. Fuji Bayashi responds, once we decided on the look and added sound effects, it felt a sense of achievement the moment the objects were attached and it was very satisfying. Onuma says, yeah, whatever you make, you end up feeling good about it. Dota says, we originally wanted to implement this gameplay so people could simply enjoy attaching things rather than building something substantial. It's like, I attached tires to a log and it moved forward. I know it looks a bit lame, but that's fine. That kind of feeling in that sense, I think the glue symbolizes the fun of sticking things together. Even if you randomly stick things together, you'll end up with something with a nice handmade feel, laughs. Onuma says, yes, so don't worry if you're not good at making things. If you attach two long things together, you can create something even longer. It's as simple as that. Though it may look odd, that makes total sense because they're stuck together with glue, laughs. I think this is very Legend of Zelda-like and I'm liking it. Takizawa responds, but Onuma-san, you were making a solid raft in that gameplay video, shaping it stylishly, laughs. You'll pass through that place early in the game, but you don't need to make such a solid raft across. If you want, you can cross without building a raft. Onuma says, I know, but the purpose of that video, and he's talking about that gameplay presentation, was to show what's special about the game. I wanted to give players a clear example, laughs. I mean, who wouldn't want to cross a river on a self-made raft? Everyone laughs. Takizawa responds, indeed, watching the development staff doing test plays, some people created very elaborate inventions while others focused on efficiency and only use the very essentials. It's interesting how persons play style can say a lot about their personality. Onuma responds, I feel that designers in particular tend to create intricate inventions. Dota, by placing the attaching feature at the center of the gameplay, I think we have created a mechanism that meets the needs of both those who want to create something elaborate and those who want to do the bare minimum needing an order to progress. Fujibayashi responds, we were very conscious of defining the right balance. All right, the next question says, it's nice that players can enjoy creating something elaborate while those who just want to keep moving forward in the game don't have to think too hard. So people can enjoy the game in their own way. Dota responds, in terms of features, one of the things we ended up not including in the last game was magic. Previously, we had a stamina wheel for physical actions, but there was nothing equivalent to a magic gauge. This time, however, we wanted to incorporate that feature. So we added another unique ability, the magical zonai devices. As you can see in Alnumason's gameplay demonstration video, you can generate wind or move objects with a zonai device. Using this power, for example, you can create something absurd, such as an omnidirectional flamethrower. There are many moments where you can cheat in a good way. Alnumason says, well, you say magic gauge, it's visual is actually a battery, laughs. Everyone laughs. Tagizawa says, the initial concept of this game was to use the supernatural power of an unknown civilization, as opposed to the Sheikah civilization's super ancient technology. In the previous game, we decided to create lots of handy items with magical properties. However, even if we describe these items as supernatural, players won't use them unless they know what they are. So this thing we were calling magic ultimately became an electric fan. Everyone laughs. Tagizawa says, since we felt it was important for our players to get what those items are at a glance, our designers ended up creating various home appliances, laughs. Coming up with ways to present them as something supernatural in the world of Breath of the Wild was quite a challenge. It was a great opportunity for us designers to put our skills to the test, laughs. Alnuma, if players are shown something they never seen in real life, they'll have no idea how to use it. But if it looks similar to an everyday item, they'll understand how it should be used intuitively. Having these items in the world of Legend of Zelda game where magic exists surprisingly worked. I see how the fun is sticking things together and magic have both been expressed in a slightly comical manner, typical to the Legend of Zelda series. So the players understand how they work intuitively. So having a lot of fun with those new abilities, let's get into part five where it says if the players think they can do it, they can. Let's zoom in a bit here and get going on. All right. So if players think they can do it, they can. You mentioned that every player will have a different experience with this game. However, given this degree of freedom, some of the abilities may be used in ways contrary to the developer's intentions. Do you have any concerns about that? Fuji Bayashi responds. I wouldn't worry too much about that. The programmers made sure these features won't cause issues on the system side and the gameplay is designed so the players can freely create whatever comes to mind, just like an experiment. We'd rather our players surprise us by creating something we've never even thought of. Dota responds. This can also be said for the previous title, but I think we've placed more importance on creating a game that enables players to do exactly what they think they can do rather than how we want them to play the game. Fuji Bayashi responds because once we define how we want players to play the game, it ends up becoming more and more linear. We once had a place with stacks of crates that couldn't be moved, but we decided to make them movable because we knew our players would definitely be disappointed if they couldn't move them. Since then, for any objects we don't want players to move, our designers have put ropes around them or covered them with a cloth to symbolize they cannot be moved. A lot of attention has been given to the details like this. As an example here, we see we got movable items right here and then this means immovable items right there. By the way, we placed a lid. This comes from Dota on every single unbreakable jar. The more you play the game, the faster your brain processes it. After a while, your brain starts to automatically sort out what's an enemy, what not to touch, and what to take. For parts of the game that require players to look and make decisions, our designers did a good job creating rules and signs. So I think players will understand what they should do intuitively, even without explanation. All right, so as you mentioned, you worked on this game from the perspective of enabling players to do exactly what they think they can do. I recall players at the previous time those playing in lots of different ways. Do you ever watch fan-made gameplay videos? Here's a nice question, hey, I like this one. Aonuma says, there was some talk about them among the development team. The direction of giving players the freedom to do anything in this game came about precisely because of the reactions to people who played the last game. Even though it's been six years since the last title was released, many fans still post drawings, comments, and videos on social media. Takizawa responds and said, even though it's been six years since the last title was released, many fans still post drawing comments and videos on social media, especially when the team is facing difficulties during development. These things light up the eyes of our staff and make them think, all right, let's show them what we got. I really want to thank all our fans. That's kind of incredible to know that us as fans have like a direct influence on the actual development team and inspiring them. Dude, that's really cool. You don't really hear that very often. That's, I did not expect that in this interview. Fujiwara actually said, I totally agree. Our fans have motivated us so much in the development of this game. Thank you so much.  Aonuma, I've seen some fans say that Legend of Zelda games make them feel like they're the only player to have solved the puzzle and that's what they like about the series. I think letting players come up with their own solutions to puzzles because they have a stronger sense of being the only one to have figured them out rather than if we got them to use predefined solutions. In a sense, this is something unique to the Zelda series and I think it's something that's brought out even more in this title. Thank you very much. Here's the next question. I feel your passion for the development of not just this title, but also the series in general. Now, to wrap up the interview, could you tell us what you want players to pay close attention to and what you particularly focused on in this game? What Kai says, for me, it's the expression of realism in the game. For example, the sense of distance created by a player who moves away from a nearby sound and it becomes increasingly hazy and echoey, disappearing into other ambient sounds. Ever since the previous title we've been developing our games to provide a surround sound experience and you can enjoy it with headphones or stereo speakers. We hope you'll notice those details. I heard some of our development staff saying just chilling by the sea makes me feel relaxed. I wish I could listen to that sound forever. Laugh, we hope you'll have fun playing around and finding your own way to enjoy the game's sound like in this example. Takizawa responds as for the design and art of the core elements of this title such as the new civilization, the motifs have been completely redesigned from those of the previous title which were inspired by ancient Japanese culture. At the same time, all our designers have focused on once again building completely original supernatural imagery while creating a mysterious atmosphere that existed in Japan since ancient times. We'd like you to take the time to enjoy your adventure in this new and different world that's filled with this somewhat mysterious yet refreshing energy. And please look forward to Hyrule that's both familiar and changed since the previous game including its expanded new world. Also, don't forget to check out new characters and enemies as well as familiar faces and how they've changed and grown. We hope you'll enjoy interacting with various elements created around the theme of hands that we discussed earlier in the interview. That was in part two, by the way guys. Dota responds as was the case with the previous game. The best case scenario would be for players to start playing at the same time and when they get together later they realize that they don't know what each other is talking about cause each of them is experiencing something completely different even though they're enjoying the same game. They're taking different routes doing different things in their own ways. And when they ask each other how far they've gotten each learns the first time what the other is playing. I hope there'll be conversations between players like I never knew there was such a thing or I didn't know there was such a place again in the title. Fujibayashi responds, in the early stages of development on this title we received comments from fans saying they wish they could forget everything about Breath of the Wild and play it for the first time again. The feeling you get when the game starts and the world opens up and the moment you're about to embark on an epic adventure that encounters with powerful enemies and the excitement when you reach the ending. In The Legend of Zelda tears of the kingdom we tried our best to ensure players can experience those feelings as much or more than in previous titles and I'm confident fans will recapture that same feeling and I'll hope you look forward to that. I'm really glad the director of the game is like hey man, dude we understand the magic that was you know that whole Breath of the Wild experience we really think we topped it. So let's see what happens. Last but not least, Onuma-san do you have any comments for the fans? Here we go Onuma, what do we got here? Onuma says, I wonder how many times I've played the game to debug it. I've played this game from start to finish about 20 times, holy crud. Good for you. Sorry that's my own commentary. And can I say that it's more fun with detours even more fun than in the previous game. When testing the game I sometimes needed to rush ahead to clear the story but later on I started to go off on side paths. I realized it's a whole different game laughs. Some discoveries made me think wow you can even do this at this point in the game even when sticking things together there are so many different combinations that even I don't know all of them. I even discovered something new the other day while shooting the gameplay demonstration video. So it may take some time but as you take detours and try out whatever you can at the time I think you'll be able to enjoy the game in your own very own way. So don't head straight for the ending laughs. I've cleared the game many times myself and never felt bored once. You have my word. Then it ends by saying I look forward to discovering lots of new things in the further expanded Hyrule of the Law. I look forward to discovering lots of new things in the further expanded Land of Hyrule. Thank you very much. Also they put a fun note near that the process of playing in development games for quality assurance and investigating issues with games. Like why the heck was the newest I'm playing through it 20 times? I don't know why they felt like they need to explain that. The guy is the producer of the Legend of Zelda series. I'm sure between him, Fubi Ashi. I'm sure between him and Fuji Byashi and the QA team. Like there's probably been many people that had to play through this game dozens and dozens and dozens of times during development because like how else would you be able to bug fix and make sure the game clicks and everything. So anyways, look guys that's some amazing interviews. I thank you so much Nintendo for providing these incredible interviews. Look forward to more and more cheers to the Kingdom of Coverage folks. This game launches tomorrow, tonight, today for some people in the world. I am so excited to experience this game. Remember we'll be live streaming this game at 8 a.m. tomorrow, 12 hour live stream. We're gonna be doing a launch stream tonight where we're gonna be waiting outside of GameStop. Obviously Nintendo has their Treehouse event as well. So we have lots of stuff to look forward to. More videos coming your way. You guys are awesome, amazing, epic. Remember to tell someone you love them today because you're about to vanish into tears of the Kingdom coma. I'll catch you guys in the next video.