How did Wildlife SOS cofounder & experienced anti-poaching investigator Kartick Satyanarayan get caught in such a tangle? AGRA, India––Wildlife law enforcement agents worldwide, both with government agencies and with nonprofit organizations, might take a lesson from the present plight of Wildlife SOS cofounder Kartick Satyanarayan. In particular, Satyanarayan could probably teach quite a bit from […]
Brigitte Bardot, 91, movie star for 20 years, animal advocate for 52 years
Brigitte Bardot: provocative on film, but even more provocative for animals, for more than twice as long PARIS, France––Brigitte Bardot, 91, a fashion model for four years, a film actress for 20 years, and a full-time animal advocate for the last 52 years of her life, died on December 28, 2025 of undisclosed causes at […]
India top court: “No dogs in schools, hospitals, stadiums, & bus/train stations”
India Supreme Court ruling updates & extends ruling against dog-feeding in high-traffic public places NEW DELHI, India––A three-judge panel of the Supreme Court of India on November 7, 2025 ordered that stray dogs be removed and excluded from educational institutions, hospitals, sports complexes, bus stands and depots, railway stations, and other government buildings. The Supreme […]
Street dogs win, reckless feeders lose, in Supreme Court of India reversal
Three-judge panel overturns August 11, 2025 ruling by two-judge panel that all dogs were to be impounded NEW DELHI, India––A three-judge panel from the 32-member Supreme Court of India on August 22, 2025 largely reversed an August 11, 2025 ruling by a two-judge panel that all dogs were to be removed from the streets within […]
Christine Townend, 81, founded the animal rights movement in Australia
Animal Liberation was only the second explicitly “animal rights” organization in the world Christine Townend, 81, remembered by Animal Justice Party member of the New South Wales legislative council Emma Hurst, 44, as “essentially the founder of the entire animal rights movement in Australia,” died from Parkinson’s disease in Leura, New South Wales, on August […]
Why is Vantara hiring flacks & lawyers instead of just explaining itself?
Vantara founder Anant Ambani may have good reasons for doing things differently from the international conservation establishment, but he has not done a good job of explaining why JAMNAGAR, India––Somewhere between 5,000 and 7,500 years ago, Biblical tradition and Mesopotamian texts have it, a man named Noah built a huge ark, he claimed under orders […]
“Every camel has a story,” & so does the Bassi Camel Rescue Centre
Camel Rescue Centre in the Rajasthan desert has now been operating for half a camel’s 50-year lifespan JAIPUR, India––“Every camel has a story,” Camel Rescue Centre veterinarian Abhinav Swani told Indian freelance writer Aparna Vats who recited several of the stories to introduce a March 13, 2025 media release celebrating––she thought––the 14th anniversary of […]
Soi Dog/Happy Doggo s/n campaign aims to fix every street dog in Asia
Big target, but Soi Dog Foundation has history of success & Happy Doggo has ambition KOH SAMUI & PHUKET, Thailand––“Niall Harbison’s Happy Doggo and John Dalley’s Soi Dog Foundation together are launching a mass spay/neuter campaign aimed at ending the suffering of homeless animals across Asia,” Soi Dog Foundation marketing and press officer Amy Bryant emailed to […]
Animal welfare history in Madras/Chennai & why it matters to the world
History of the Animal Welfare Movement in Madras/Chennai by Prashanth Krishna C.P.R. Publications c/o C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation, 1 Eldams Road, Alwarpet, Chennai 600 018, India Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Prashanth Krishna, author of History of the Animal Welfare Movement in Madras/Chennai, writes from the long shadows of his parents, 60-year Blue Cross of India […]
Rabid kitten & dog jeopardize eradication success stories in U.S. & India
Apparently isolated cases, but both rabies outbreaks came where they should not have OMAHA, Nebraska; CHENNAI, India––Recent discoveries of a rabid kitten in east-central Omaha, Nebraska, and a rabid dog in Royapuram, a northern suburb of Chennai, India, indicate threats to two of the most influential rabies eradication success stories anywhere, ever. The rabid kitten, […]