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 …
Kumar Manish, TNN 20 July 2009, 03:35am IST AHMEDABAD: These starred beauties have become the latest road accident victims as they're slow-footed and difficult to spot. We're talking about star tortoises, named so because of the radiating star pattern on their shells. They're being killed on roads in sub-urban areas …
The surroundings are horribly unnerving even for a species dismissively called 'lesser flamingo': a five-acre mudflat surrounded by a crumbling old port, a ship breaking yard, two oil refineries, a fertilizer plant, and a sprawling slum. But this is where the glorious birds take their six-month sojourn every year starting …
Lita Barretto Bull owners reject claims of cruelty, saying they treat the bulls like their own children and at Rs 5,000-10,000 each, fighting them is a way of recouping the cost of keeping the animals BULLFIGHTING WAS once a way of life in the resort state of Goa, with thousands …
Two wild elephants were been electrocuted in the coffee plantation of one Maneyapanda C Kariappa at Chennangolli, Devarapura near here on Sunday night. Both are female elephants. Forest department officials have estimated the age of one elephant to be 23-25 years and the another one
Tiruvannamalai: A 10-year-old elephant was electrocuted in the Jawadu hills on Friday. A herd was moving along the elephant corridor between the Veerappanur Reserve Forest and Nallappattu Reserve Forest when the elephant came into contact with an 11 KV electric line. Conservator of Forests, Vellore, A.V.Venkatachalam, and District Forest Officer, …
Siliguri, June 10: Foresters of Darjeeling district today filed an FIR with Naxalbari police, alleging that Nepal cops had fired at them and an elephant herd last night.
V.S.Palaniappan Valparai: Two elephants were found dead near a private estate in the Urulikal area of Valparai on Monday. Officials suspect the animals might have died after consuming chemicals such as Furidon and Murrate of Potash stocked in a godown on the estate, which was raided by a herd of …
Ludhiana: The Animal Welfare Board of India has written to the district administration regarding rampant cockfighting in the city. This is the outcome of a news item,
Researchers can continue most experiments on mankind's closest relatives -- chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans -- after European Union lawmakers watered down proposals to restrict testing. The EU's executive Commission last year proposed a range of measures to improve the welfare of the 12 million vertebrate animals used in experiments each …
J.Venkatesan NEW DELHI: A comprehensive legislation with sufficient safeguards and guidelines for regulating jallikattu (bullfight) is proposed in the State, the Tamil Nadu government informed the Supreme Court on Monday. Additional Solicitor-General Gopal Subramaniam, appearing for the State, submitted this information before a three-Judge Bench of Chief Justice K.G.Balakrishnan, Justice …
Thousands of bears are being kept in appalling conditions to supply traditional Chinese medicine. Bear bile is used in traditional Chinese medicine and fetches a tidy price. In China, the wholesale price is around 4000 yuan (approximately $580) per kilogram; each bear produces up to 5 kilograms a year. Bears …
Last week marked what some hope will be a turning point in the clash of wills between proponents of biomedical research and animal-rights extremists, who've ratcheted up their attacks on researchers in the United States in recent years. On 20 April, a Los Angeles County grand jury arraigned two animal-rights …
Melur, Five hundred and twenty trained bulls from Madurai, Theni, Dindigul, Puthukottai and Tiruchy participated after being certified by a veterinarian FIFTY one people were injured in a jallikattu conducted during the Muppuli Ayyanarkoil temple festival at Sakkudi village in Madurai district on Sunday. Precautionary measures were taken by the …
Even as the Goa assembly during the budget session recently adopted a Bill to amend the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 to permit bullfights in the State, the NGO for the welfare of animals
PUDUKOTTAI: A 55-year old person, R. Rangarajan of Keezhamuthukaadu village, who was admitted to the Thanjavur Medical College and Hospital after being injured at the
Tiruchy, NEARLY 160 persons were injured in a jallikattu held at Narthamalai in Pudukkottai district on Sunday. Ten police personnel, including Balasubramanian, DIG of Tiruchy range and two policewomen were injured in a clash between the police and the spectators and a lathi-charge that followed to control the crowd. Narthamalai …
