Killing is no answer
Here are 18 steps to deal with monkeys that enter human habitation areas. They do not involve killing them
Changing need in cattle feed
Scientific fodder comes of age in today's era of specialisation and optimum use
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Tales of cruelty and compassion from a home for destitute animals
All Creatures Great and Small, a shelter set up by humanist and social worker Anjali Gopalan, is a sanctuary for a disparate group of animals
Dogs for dinner
भारत में गधों की तेजी से घटती संख्या के पीछे चीन का हाथ तो नहीं?
गणना के मुताबिक, देश में गधों की कुल आबादी 2012 में 3.2 लाख थी, जो 2019 में घटकर 1.2 लाख रह गई
Blurring identities
Recent cases in the US and Argentina have reignited the debate on granting "personhood" to animals
Animal passion
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The guinea pig debate
Is there an alternative to guinea pigs in laboratory testing? Two members of the scientific community give their views
Poultry business too serious to be left to industry
What Sudha Murty’s new book tells us about animal emotions and welfare
At a time when many people are rethinking the human-animal relationship from both a scientific and moral respective, The Gopi Diaries …
Cage the abusers
In battery cages, egg-laying hens are suffocated, debeaked and injected with antibiotics. Their only hope lies with the Delhi High Court, which …
Sexual distinction
A new technique enables the determination of the sex of cattle and goats at the embryonic stage
Zurich’s Dr Dolittle is a lawyer
ANTOINE GOETSCHEL, 51, is a Swiss government advocate for animals. A specialist in animal welfare law for 25 years, he explained to SUMANA …
To the defence of the defenceless
Although several organisations espouse the cause of animals, people still have to learn to be compassionate to them
Animal rights primer
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Barbarism to animals has a hoary pedigree
Through the centuries, human beings have tried to establish their dominance over animals, killing them for both food and sport. Even today, …
Vanishing breeds
While people worry about patenting of upmarket plant products like neem because of transnational interest, India's unique biodiversity of …
Monkey business
Coping with the nuisanceof urban monkeys may be beyond human patience. But shooting or declaring them pests will not serve the problem. Only a …
Zimbabwe's cheetah population declines by 85%
Historically, Zimbabwe and other regions in Africa have inhabited large cheetah populations
Bad beef
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Domesti(cat)ed?
Domestic cat gives birth to a wild one, raises hopes of bringing back extinct species
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