The Government has recently introduced the Draft Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Rules, 2023, with the aim of strengthening animal welfare efforts across the country. The rules are designed to establish a comprehensive framework for the effective functioning of Societies for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCAs) and …
As the International Whaling Commission prepares to hold its 62nd annual meeting from June 21 in Agadir, Morocco, there are strenuous attempts by a few nations to get the moratorium on the slaughter of whales lifted. The 24-year-old ban on commercial whaling has become an emotive issue for Japan, which …
Warden Threatens To Sabotage Heritage City Status Bid Ahmedabad: The spat between animal rights activist and Canadian national Lisa Warden and the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) turned ugly on Wednesday. Warden threatened to lobby against Ahmedabad getting the world heritage city status by Unesco, while AMC officials said they would …
JULIA ZAPPEI KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia Malaysia's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals criticised the statement by Malacca chief minister Mohammed Ali Rustam A Malaysian minister defended an Indian company
Joseph murray, a Nobel laureate and the first person to perform a successful human kidney transplant, said in 1954, “Scientists agree whenever a cure for aids is found, it will be through animal research.” Murray may or may not be right. More than 85 hiv vaccines have shown promise in …
Films>> Animal Rights • UK Filmmakers should assume a right of privacy for other species just as for humans, said Brett Mills, a film studies scholar from the University of East Anglia. He said footage of animals giving birth or mating, which in the human realm are considered deeply private, …
At a lab working on kala-azar in Bihar, a rabbit was tied spreadeagled in a glass chamber full of sand flies. Its eyes almost human, they expressed the shame of being publicly humiliated. The rabbit was part of an experiment at the institute and one of the 150 million animals …
ITANAGAR, May 12: The North East Development Welfare Society (NEDWS) has resolved to focus on ways and means to preserve mithun owing to large-scale slaughter of the animal for political events, marriage ceremonies and commercial purposes. In its recent sitting, the Society decided to approach the appropriate authorities to declare …
CHENNAI: The State government will consult legal experts before deciding to approach the Supreme Court for relaxation of norms governing jallikattu (bull fight), Rural Industries and Animal Husbandry Minister Pongalur N. Palanisamy told the Assembly on Tuesday. Responding to suggestions from legislators of different parties on relaxation of the norms …
CUTTING across party lines, legislators from both Treasury as well as Opposition benches in the Assembly on Tuesday demanded withdrawal of Rs two lakhs fixed as safe deposit for organising bullfight in the state. Besides, the members also wanted the stringent rules on conducting the historical valour sports to be …
SALEM: The villagers of Kattukottai near Thammampati detained the officials of the Department of Forest inside their office for nearly an hour on Sunday evening till the officials yielded to their demand of granting permission to hunt down rabbits, which the villagers claimed, was a part of the temple ritual. …
On the position of animal welfare attorney The office of animal welfare attorney exists only in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. It was created because no one stands up for the animal. We have animal welfare legislation but if you complain the case is unlikely to be taken seriously. …
JAMES VICINI By an 8-1 vote, the court struck down the 1999 animal cruelty law for infringing on freespeech protections guaranteed by the First Amendment of the US Constitution The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a US law that makes it a crime to sell videos of animals being …
The Rajasthan April 1: The Rajasthan high court has banned the use of iron goads to control elephants and issued guidelines in this regard. The court ruled that if any elephant owner is found violating the guidelines, his/her ownership certificate will be cancelled. The court passed this judgement while hearing …
MUMBAI: Animal experts have stated that continuously teasing zoo animals, especially large animals like elephants, and trespassing into their territories are the main provocations that cause the animals to react, sometimes fatally. The secretary of the Bombay Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BSPCA), Lt Colonel (Retd) J …
The controversial Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter And Preservation Of Cattle Bill 2010 which aims to bring about a blanket ban on slaughter of milch animals and draught cattle is unconstitutional, said former MP Janardhan Poojary. Janardhan PoojaryAddressing a press meet here on Monday, he said the move of the state …
Amid uproarious scenes, Karnataka Assembly today passed the controversial cow slaughter ban Bill, which provides for stringent punishment for violaters and makes the offence cognisable and non-bailable. After more than a four-hour debate, the Bill was passed by voice-vote as the entire opposition -- Congress and JDS -- trooped into …
