For most women in South India, rearing local breeds is hassle free, add-on and a part-time activity that can be combined with other income generating activities.

Conservation cannot ignore pastoral rights

Rajasthan s camel population has reduced dramatically during the last ten years. The Pali, Rajasthan based non governmental organisation Lokhit Pashu Palak Sansthan undertook a month long tour to investigate the situation

Ethnic veterinary medicine is effective, cheap and accessible. Above all, it recognises the fact that no one knows an animal better than its keeper