Siliguri, June 10: Foresters of Darjeeling district today filed an FIR with Naxalbari police, alleging that Nepal cops had fired at them and an elephant herd last night.
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Valparai: Two elephants were found dead near a private estate in the Urulikal area of Valparai on Monday.
Officials suspect the animals might have died after consuming chemicals such as Furidon and Murrate of Potash stocked in a godown on the estate, which was raided by a herd of seven elephants.
Case registered
Researchers can continue most experiments on mankind's closest relatives -- chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans -- after European Union lawmakers watered down proposals to restrict testing.
The EU's executive Commission last year proposed a range of measures to improve the welfare of the 12 million vertebrate animals used in experiments each year, mostly mice and rats.
NEW DELHI: A comprehensive legislation with sufficient safeguards and guidelines for regulating jallikattu (bullfight) is proposed in the State, the Tamil Nadu government informed the Supreme Court on Monday.
Thousands of bears are being kept in appalling conditions to supply traditional Chinese medicine. Bear bile is used in traditional Chinese medicine and fetches a tidy price. In China, the wholesale price is around 4000 yuan (approximately $580) per kilogram; each bear produces up to 5 kilograms a year. Bears are milked for bile twice a day.
Last week marked what some hope will be a turning point in the clash of wills between proponents of biomedical research and animal-rights extremists, who've ratcheted up their attacks on researchers in the United States in recent years. On 20 April, a Los Angeles County grand jury arraigned two animal-rights activists on 10 felony charges each.
Five hundred and twenty trained bulls from Madurai, Theni, Dindigul, Puthukottai and Tiruchy participated after being certified by a veterinarian
FIFTY one people were injured in a jallikattu conducted during the Muppuli Ayyanarkoil temple festival at Sakkudi village in Madurai district on Sunday.
Even as the Goa assembly during the budget session recently adopted a Bill to amend the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 to permit bullfights in the State, the NGO for the welfare of animals
