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 …
Mumbai Lands in police net after duping woman of Rs 2.8 lakh The Shivaji Park police arrested a 38-year-old tantrik who duped a 30-year-old unmarried woman of Rs 2.8 lakh. According to the police, the tantrik fooled her into believing that sacrificing a rhino would help her find a match. …
Sivadas Varma KOCHI: After the death of Chalakkal Mohanan, another young tusker, Gajendran awaits death due to prolonged starvation. The tusker who attacked its first mahout, now under treatment, was abandoned by the other mahouts in a compound near Kumbalam. Exposed to the sun, Gajendran has been denied food and …
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) today held a mock funeral procession at Jantar Mantar here to protest against the barbaric marketing strategies of cosmetic players and relentless brutality endured on innocent animals, whose fates are sealed once they enter the cosmetic-testing labs. At the session,
The State Health Department, in coordination with the HR and CE Department, is reported to be in the process of laying guidelines to be followed while offering animal sacrifice in temples (
Norway has long tried to portray itself as one of the most environmentally responsible states. But it has consistently refused to support the moratorium against commercial whaling. This article offers a cultural explanation for this seeming contradiction, by examining the way the global antiwhaling movement framed the issue and the …
Temples have a long history and tradition of keeping elephants. Some temples keep elephants as they have a significance associated with a specific deity. However, the actual time when temples started associating themselves with elephants is not very clear. Interestingly, the actual reasons for which elephants are kept in temples …
Even as a series of elephant deaths that rocked the State is yet to fade from public memory, another tusker was found electrocuted near Madihalli in Alur taluk of the district on Saturday night. The 30-year-old tusker came into contact with an electric fence as it attempted to enter a …
Even as the government confirmed "cyanide poison in ragi balls" as a cause for the elephants' death, the Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the Forest Department to find out the culprits behind the episode in Kappasoge village near Nanjangud and submit a report before December 9. After registering a …
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE THE Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will close down the facility for slaughter of buffaloes for export within two years, the decision coming ahead of elections and under mounting pressure from the Jain community. Elected representatives, in fact, had demanded that the BMC close down the entire export …
Puducherry, MONITOR lizards, an endangered species, are being poached in Tamil Nad u and sold in canteens here. After seizing two monitor lizards last Friday , the Department of Forest and Wildlife has seized six monitor lizards on Monday morning at Villianur. The lizards were brought by two tribals from …
BERHAMPUR: Decomposed body of a wild elephant was recovered on Thursday near Sanamundia hill of Dimiria panchayat under Khallikote forest range in Ganjam district. As per initial findings it was suspected that the pachyderm had fallen prey to a trap laid by poachers to kill wild boars. It was electrocuted …
Mysore, dhns: The forest officials of Mysore Division seized three elephants belonging to a circus company in the city on Tuesday. Following complaints by two NGOs about the poor upkeep of the pachyderms at the Great Bombay Circus Company, the officials seized the jumbos and sent to Bannerghatta Biological Park …
New Delhi: In one of the biggest widlife raids in the Jama Masjid area, NGO People For Animals (PFA) rescued over 500 birds and animals early on Sunday. The rescued animals include endangered white pigeons and several rabbits. All the rescued animals have been taken to Sanjay Gandhi Animal Care …
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (India) have demanded a change in government policy on cosmetic tests on animals, stating that these are not just brutal but also results from them are not foolproof.
New Delhi, Beef consumption is becoming more popular in India as a source of protein intake as some pulses have become costlier than the meat, says the American agriculture department.
