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SALNIANS GALORE IN PAKISTAN

ELEPHANT RESCUED

Shark in a soup

The fish, high in demand for its fin, is dwindling in the Indian waters. Will a mere ban on finning protect it?

Centre asks road-making authorities to avoid construction in protected areas

Get all clearances for unavoidable projects through national parks, sanctuaries: Ministry to NHAI, others

THE PHILIPPINES

Australia orders to cull wild horses

Another dolphin hunting season

Seal hunt kicks off amid protests

Lock & hold

The jallikattu bull row in Tamil Nadu provokes the law v culture debate

Uneasy truce for animal rights group

Protest over culling of kangaroos in Australia

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 6, 2022)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Centre lays down policy on cattle dehorning & castration 63 years after implementation of animal cruelty Act

Notification defines how to carry out painful procedures on animals; rearers say cattle at mercy of veterinarian

Finally, stricter rules for transporting livestock in India

The amended rules specify the size of partitions for different categories of livestock and poultry inside transport vehicles

South Asia

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Supreme Court warns of criminal prosecution against those found torturing captive elephants

Despite rules to protect the animals from cruelty, many temples in Kerala continue to organise processions of these animals without taking into …