KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday denied permission to conduct cattle race (Maramadi) competition which was scheduled to be held at Anadappally paddy field on August 15.
It has also directed the authorities that the order should be implemented without further delay.
New Delhi: As many as 10,816 cattle have died in six months from May last year in shelters where the Delhi civic authorities keep the stray animals after picking them from the city roads.
KOCHI: The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act- 1960 will be amended by introducing stringent punishment to violators, said Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) chairman Major Gen R M Kharb.
AHMEDABAD: These starred beauties have become the latest road accident victims as they're slow-footed and difficult to spot. We're talking about star tortoises, named so because of the radiating star pattern on their shells.
Bull owners reject claims of cruelty, saying they treat the bulls like their own children and at Rs 5,000-10,000 each, fighting them is a way of recouping the cost of keeping the animals
BULLFIGHTING WAS once a way of life in the resort state of Goa, with thousands of people gathering on Sundays and public holidays to cheer on the animals as they locked horns
Two wild elephants were been electrocuted in the coffee plantation of one Maneyapanda C Kariappa at Chennangolli, Devarapura near here on Sunday night.
Both are female elephants. Forest department officials have estimated the age of one elephant to be 23-25 years and the another one
Tiruvannamalai: A 10-year-old elephant was electrocuted in the Jawadu hills on Friday. A herd was moving along the elephant corridor between the Veerappanur Reserve Forest and Nallappattu Reserve Forest when the elephant came into contact with an 11 KV electric line.
Conservator of Forests, Vellore, A.V.Venkatachalam, and District Forest Officer, Tiruvann
