Thai government cuts a deal BANGKOK, Thailand––The economic and political clout of the notorious “Tiger Temple” in Kanchanaburi, Thailand prevailed again over the last weekend of April 2015. Instead of impounding the 146 resident tigers, the Thai Department of National Parks, Wildlife & Plant Conservation on April 24, 2015 announced a deal whereby the tigers […]
Thai “Tiger Temple” losing stripes
Thai government announces plan to transfer 146 tigers to government breeding centers BANGKOK, Thailand––The notorious “Tiger Temple” at Wat Pa Luang Ta Bua in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, may be near permanent closure, with the planned transfer of all 146 resident tigers to government breeding centers, Thai Department of National Parks, Wildlife & Plant Conservation director general […]
Taiwan adopts plan to become no-kill nation by 2017
Bans killing impounded dogs TAIPEI, Taiwan––The Taiwanese legislature, the Legislative Yuan, on January 24, 2015 adopted 25 revisions to the 1998 national Animal Protection Act that are intended to make Taiwan a no-kill nation. The revisions includes a ban on killing impounded dogs, to take effect in 2017. The ban resembles laws in effect in […]
Norm Phelps, 75, spiritual mentor to the animal rights movement
A vegan since 1984, Phelps quit eating meat in response to the death of his dog Czar Norm Phelps, 75, died on December 31, 2014 at the Meritus Health Hospital in Hagerstown, Maryland. Phelps had battled myasthenia gravis, an auto-immune neuromuscular condition that causes severe fatigue and weakness, since 2002. A vegan since 1984, survived […]
Tibetan Buddhist animal advocate Shamar Rinpoche, 62
Shamar Rinpoche Mipham Chokyi Lodro, 62, a leading figure in Tibetan Buddhism and Buddhist animal advocacy, died of a sudden heart attack on June 11, 2014 in Renchen-Ulm, Germany, where he maintained his European office. Born in Derge, Tibet, Shamar Rinpoche became the 14th Shamarpa at age four, in 1956, by appointment of the 16th […]
Books shed light on sacrifice in Nepal
Elephant Polo: the Rise and Fall of a Hotel in Nepal by Cas de Stoppelaar Translated from the original Dutch by Adriaan Verheul Vajra Book Shop, 2007: http://www.elephantpolonovel.com/ 296 pages, paperback & audiobook Religions In Nepal (2013 edition) by Trilok Chandra Majupuria & Rohit Kumar (Majupuria) Modern Printing Press, Kantipath, Kathmandu, Nepal 401 pages, […]