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 cites historic and cultural reasons to justify its abhorrent hunts.
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 file a legal suit against the activist.
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
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 officially mithun as the State Animal.
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.
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 relaxed.
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.
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 tortured or killed violated constitutional freespeech rights.
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 a petition filed by an animal lover.
