Peta's Pet
UK-based animal welfare group People for Ethical Treatment of Animals has been campaigning against Indian leather, alleging ill-treatment of …
BIG CAT CONUNDRUM
The tiger occupies a hallowed seat in India. Ecologists believe that millions of small ecological processes live out their routine lives under …
To the defence of the defenceless
Although several organisations espouse the cause of animals, people still have to learn to be compassionate to them
Rights for apes
We are ready to give rights to animals. It sounds and looks good. The question is where do we draw the line?
Funny, bad and ugly
Book>> Elephants on Acid and other bizarre experiments by Alex Boese Pan Mcmillan, London 2008
Blurring identities
Recent cases in the US and Argentina have reignited the debate on granting "personhood" to animals
Freedom means death
The Delhi High Court ruling may free the animals from the cages of circuses, but will they find a new home?
The guinea pig debate
Is there an alternative to guinea pigs in laboratory testing? Two members of the scientific community give their views
Killing is no answer
Here are 18 steps to deal with monkeys that enter human habitation areas. They do not involve killing them
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 …
Animal rights primer
Book>> Animal Rights: What Everyone Needs To Know • by Paul Waldau • OUP, New York • US $10.7
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, …
Moby Dick in the 21st century
WHALING ISSUES AND JAPAN'S WHALING RESEARCH Publisher: The Institute of Cetacean Research, Japan Price: Not Mentioned
Witch-hunt on after elephant death in Chhattisgarh
The death of one rogue elephant in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur division on February 24 has taken a heavy toll. According to sources within the Union …
Perpetrating cruelty for the human palate
Two video films portray the extremes to which humans go in dealing with other life forms to satisfy their needs.
Born free, but...
...doomed to extinction all over the world, large carnivores may yet be saved following urgent companies in Asian countries and eksewhere, …
Animal sacrifice
150 million animals are killed for research worldwide. Do humans really benefit?
161 wild animals died in road, rail accidents in 2018
According to Wildlife Protection Society of India data's, both rail and road accidents killed leopards the most
Animal sacrifice at Nepal's Gadhimai temple banned
Sustained campaigning by animal rights activists leads the temple to scrap the 300-year-old practice
Silent killers
Snares laid in inhabited areas in Goa have citizens and officials caught in a noose of concern
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 …
Preventing animal cruelty is physically and emotionally risky for front-line workers
Unlike many, some people have to look, listen, touch, document and, rescue animals from cruelty continuously
Tamil Nadu on boil as pro-Jallikattu protesters clash with police
Protesters in Chennai set Ice House police station on fire after they clashed with police in front of Parthasarathy Temple near Marina Beach
Camel Yatra
Rajasthan's camel population has reduced dramatically during the last ten years. The Pali, Rajasthan-based non-governmental organisation Lokhit-…
Humane Society International-India welcomes govt's acceptance of non-animal tests for pesticide safety
Much is still left to do to bring Indian regulations in line with international best practices