MUMBAI: Animal experts have stated that continuously teasing zoo animals, especially large animals like elephants, and trespassing into their territories are the main provocations that cause the animals to react, sometimes fatally.
The controversial Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter And Preservation Of Cattle Bill 2010 which aims to bring about a blanket ban on slaughter of milch animals and draught cattle is unconstitutional, said former MP Janardhan Poojary.
Amid uproarious scenes, Karnataka Assembly today passed the controversial cow slaughter ban Bill, which provides for stringent punishment for violaters and makes the offence cognisable and non-bailable.
Hyderabad, March 9: Forest officials are under extreme pressure from political leaders who want to lift the ban on hiring of captive elephants for processions.
The government is sabotaging the right to nutrition of the poor and Dalits of the State through the bill against cow slaughter, opined CPM leader G N Nagaraj.
Devotees sacrificed thousands of rams and buffaloes at the Durugamma Devi Jathra in Donnegudda village of Kushtagi taluk on Sunday.
Buffalo bulls and rams sacrificed at Donnegudda village of Kushtagi taluk in Raichur district. dh PhotoThough the district administration claims to have stopped animal sacrifice in Donnegudda, the gory scene at the Jathra had a different story to tell.
NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over the increasing use of animals for clinical trials, Minister of State for Environment Jairam Ramesh on Friday advocated alternatives. He hoped that India would become a pioneer in reducing the use of animals in experiments by adopting alternative methods.
Kalpathy Kesavan, who succumbed to injuries in Palakkad on November 17, is the fourth captive elephant to die of human torture in the last one-and-a-half months.
