SB 1.17.8

na jātu kauravendrāṇāṁ
dordaṇḍa-parirambhite
bhū-tale ’nupatanty asmin
vinā te prāṇināṁ śucaḥ

The protection of the lives of both the human beings and the animals is the first and foremost duty of a government. A government must not discriminate in such principles