Mythical “Famous Persons Act” appears to protect one of Bollywood’s biggest stars JAIPUR, India––Arguably the most notorious case of allegedly poaching endangered species still before the courts of any nation, and certainly the longest running soap opera of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan’s career may end on August 10, 2016, when Khan goes to court […]
Farmed animals & the Brexit “diet plan”
Part II of a 5-part series (See also Will U.K. leaving E.U. mean leaving animal welfare behind?, Farmed animals & money talks, What Brexit means for “pet passports” & lab animals and Back to the Jungle Book: U.K. wildlife law post-Brexit.) LONDON, U.K.––Quipsters have it that Brexit, as the June 23, 2016 choice of United Kingdom […]
India drops animal welfare rep from lab oversight board
Animal Welfare Board of India chief ousted for opposing bullfighting CHENNAI, India––Crippling the ability of the Animal Welfare Board of India to monitor animal use in biomedical research and product safety testing, Indian minister of environment and forests Prakash Javadekar has removed AWBI chair R.M. Kharb from his position on the 13-member Committee for […]
Supreme Court of India rules against harvest festival mayhem
Animal Welfare Board of India chair R.M. Kharb & vice-chair Chinny Krishna refuse to quit NEW DELHI, CHENNAI––Animals may be killed and injured by the hundreds of thousands during the 2016 Indian harvest festivals, January 12-18, but the mayhem may not proceed with government approval, ruled a two-judge bench representing the Supreme Court of India […]
Ardith Eudey, 80, exposed Malaysian monkey massacres & lab traffic
Co-founded International Primate Protection League Primatologist Ardith Eudey, 80, cofounder with Shirley McGreal of the International Primate Protection League, instrumental in recent years in exposing monkey massacres and alleged trafficking in Malaysia, died in December 2015. The daughter of prominent California watercolorist and engraver Dora Higgins Eudey (1909-2006) and her husband Henry Eudey (1909-1989), Ardith […]
Blue Cross of India jumps in to save animals from 99-year record flood
Report from Chinny Krishna: After a few hours of actual sunshine today, we had extremely heavy showers this evening. Bangalore had the highest rain in a day for 99 years. Chennai (Madras) has received three months rainfall in just 22 days. ––S. Chinny Krishna, Secretary (retired) Blue Cross of India 1-A Eldams Rd., Chennai, Tamil […]
“Xi & Obama: please talk tigers!”
Fourteen leading tiger experts appeal to Chinese and U.S. presidents Discussion of China’s tiger farms and its growing domestic trade in luxury tiger products was unfortunately not on the table for President Xi’s September 24, 2015 visit with U.S. President Barack Obama. Between 5,000 and 6,000 tigers are being farmed today in China for a luxury […]
Did the Gadhi Mai Temple Trust renege on deal to quit animal sacrifice?
Were leading animal charities scammed? KATHMANDU, Nepal––Could the Humane Society of the U.S., Humane Society International, and leading Indian and Nepalese animal charities all have been scammed by the July 28, 2015 alleged agreement of the Gadhi Mai Temple Trust to discontinue animal sacrifice? Was there some misunderstanding about the nature of the […]
Gadhi Mai sacrifices stopped
HSUS & HSI victory claims omit mention of those who won it KATHMANDU, Nepal––Under pressure of a Supreme Court of Nepal injunction won on November 24, 2014 by the Nepal Animal Welfare & Research Center, “We have decided to completely stop the practice of animal sacrifice,” Gadhi Mai Temple Trust secretary Motilal Prasad on […]
International Animal Rescue cofounder John Hicks dies at 63
John Hicks, 63, cofounder of Animal Activists, International Animal Rescue, and International Animal Rescue/Goa, “passed away earlier this week,” Federation of Indian Animal Welfare Societies spokesperson Varda Mehrotra e-mailed to FIAPO membership on February 27, 2015. “All of us at FIAPO are saddened to hear of this,” Mehrotra continued. “Our thoughts are with Jo, his […]