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 …
The two trained elephants which were brought from Chittoor for operation Gaj for chasing wild tuskers to Orissa are starving and the forest department officials planned to shift them to Indira Gandhi Zoological Park in Visakhapatnam on Thursday. But the tribals stopped the shifting at Manapuram village under Veeraghattam mandal. …
U.S. regulators have announced plans to reduce the number of animals used to test the safety of everyday chemicals. Instead of using animals such as rats and mice, scientists will screen suspected toxic chemicals in everything from pesticides to household cleaners using cell cultures and computer models. Safety of chemicals …
A full-grown leopard, which came from the Ripu Reserve Forest to No. 2 Panbai village under Kachugaon police outpost could not be saved despite the efforts of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel, forest guards and local people to catch it alive. In an interview to The Sentinel, DFO, Kachugaon, RN …
The Gujarat Government after succeeding in getting favourable verdict from the Supreme Court on the ban of cow slaughter in the state earlier has got a further boost with the apex court also upholding its notification banning slaughter of bulls and bullocks and sale of beef. A Bench of Justices …
Walk down the narrow bylanes of Shahpur in the Walled City and you might hear the chatter of lovebirds. If you show some interest, a young man will tell you
Sudheendra Aithal of Udupi district was known as an animal lover. He was so fond of wild life that he had almost turned his house into a mini zoo. His dual face was exposed when the CID/Forest Cell of Karnataka police raided his house in October last year. "We were …
A Dutch project management firm withdrew from the development of a new science park in the southern Netherlands saying its managers were consistently intimidated by animal rights protesters. Weert-based Van der Looy Project Management Bureau was involved in Science Link, a life-science industrial park commissioned by the local and regional …
Though the ban on the import of Chinese shuttlecocks due to the bird flu scare might have resulted in the cancellation of the National Badminton Championship, scheduled to be held in Goa, it has proved a blessing for the indigenous shuttlecock units, which were on the verge of closure due …
Bird flu in Bangladesh Nearly 2,000 chickens have been culled in a village in northern Bangladesh after the H5N1 bird flu virus was detected at a poultry farm in the last week of December. This latest spurt of infection was in Dinajpur district, near the capital city Dhaka. The government …
The government of Queensland, a northern Australian state, plans to slaughter 10,000 feral horses, also known as brumbies, saying that the wild animals are damaging fragile habitats in national parks. The state government has instructed shooters to hide the bodies to conceal the extent of the cull. About 4,000 brumbies …
Nigeria sues Tobacco company: The Nigerian government has filed a lawsuit in the High Court of Abuja against tobacco companies British-American Tobacco, Philip Morris International and International Tobacco Ltd. It has sought US $42.4 billion in reparations for damages the companies have caused to Nigerians' health. The government has demanded …
As the annual dolphin-hunting season begins in Japan, it is drawing protests from activists who say the practice is cruel. In the first week of November, Japanese fishers had a clash with protestors from Australia and the us in the port city Taiji. This year, the locations where dolphins are …
The Australian wool industry recently said that it had dropped court action against an animal rights group after it agreed to end its campaign to boycott retailers selling Australian wool. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (peta) has long waged a war against the practice of sheep mulesing, …
>> On April 16, the Anti-vivisection League, an animal rights group in Italy, asked Pope Benedict to stop wearing fur as a sign of respect for the "sacredness of all living species'. The Pope wears a red velvet hat trimmed with white ermine fur, known as "camauro'. They made the …
a proposal to farm tigers to legally supply the not inconsiderable market for the animal's body parts has, as is only to be expected, sparked a controversy. Ranged against the proposal are animal rights activists whose arguments range from the practical
Snail's habitat A court battle over an endangered West Coast snail is being heard by the Christchurch High Court, New Zealand. The lawsuit filed by anti-mining group Powelliphanta Augustus Incorporated had appealed against an environment court's decision allowing power company Solid Energy to mine the snail's habitat on Mount Augustus …
• Animal rights activists are up in arms over a Halloween contest in New York which offers customers free entry if they eat a live Madagascar hissing cockroach. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has denounced the contest. "Insects do not deserve to be eaten alive for …
Hunter hunted: One of Cambodia's most infamous wildlife hunters has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for trapping and killing over 600 animals, many endangered. Earlier, much concern had been voiced over the weak laws and lack of their proper enforcement in the country. A forestry law enacted in 2002 …
