Magic City is allowed to replace greyhound racing with jai alai––a precedent for “decoupling” animal racing from gambling permits MIAMI, Florida––The Magic City casino in West Flagler, Florida, after more than 13 years of legal struggle, is soon to become the first Florida betting venue to be allowed to abandon animal racing while continuing […]
Stampede & Frontier Days ride furiously in opposite directions
No animal deaths in 2016 in Calgary; 8 injuries in 8 days in Cheyenne One day we rode the mountain crest and I went east & he went west. I took to law & wore a star while he spread terror near and far. ––Lorne Green, “Ringo” (1964) With two days left to run, at least 10 […]
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 […]
“Prevention of cruelty to animals overrides so-called tradition & culture” says Supreme Court of India
NEW DELHI––“The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960…in our view overshadows or overrides so-called tradition and culture,” ruled a two-judge panel representing the Supreme Court of India on May 7, 2014. The decision that prevention of cruelty trumps “tradition and culture” in Indian law came in a verdict against […]