“The difference between vigilantes and animal rights activists” NEW DELHI, India; WASHINGTON D.C.––Responding to “animal rights violence” that has cost at least 10 human lives in two years, the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organizations on May 7, 2017 spelled out “The Difference between Vigilantes and Animal Rights Activists.” Strongly worded as it was, […]
Indian-style bullfights resume at urging of prime minister Nahrendra Modi
Hindu nationalists defy Supreme Court & Animal Welfare Board of India CHENNAI, India––Stampeding bulls, rampaging young men and the blood of both are again flowing through the streets of cities in participant bullfights called jallikattu conducted throughout Tamil Nadu state, India. Held in the name of celebrating harvest festivals, the resurrection of jallikattu represents […]
What if the U.S. Supreme Court ruled rodeo unconstitutional?
It happened in India! NEW DELHI, India––Imagine the U.S. Supreme Court resoundingly rebuking the Donald Trump presidential administration by holding rodeo to be unconstitutional, regardless of how culturally entrenched it is among “red state voters,” his support base. Difficult though it may be to imagine newly appointed U.S. attorney general Jeff Sessions moving under […]
Sex, drugs, dogs & monkey business
Can PZP keep over-sexed rhesus macaques from taking over the Taj Mahal? AGRA, India––Faster up a tree or the side of a building than a feral cat, biting more powerfully and often than any street dog, able to leap over monkey-catchers at a single bound, and usually able to outwit public officials, rhesus macaques might […]
Supreme Court of Nepal orders end to Gadhi Mai massacre
Government directed to “halt the inhuman act of slaughtering animals at Gadhi Mai” KATHMANDU, Nepal––Supreme Court of Nepal Justices Ishwori Prasad Khatiwada and Anil Kumar Sinha on August 4, 2016 ordered the government of Nepal “to form a special committee and take appropriate measures through it to halt the inhuman act of slaughtering animals at Gadhi […]
Eluding jail since 1998, alleged poacher Salman Khan to be tried one last time
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 […]
Shaktimaan the police horse dies of complications from assault
Lost leg, suffered infection DEHRADUN, Uttarakhand, India––Shaktimaan the police horse died at about 5:30 p.m. on April 20, 2016, of causes officially unknown pending necropsy, but believed to be a post-operative infection. “It is extremely unfortunate and heart-breaking for us that the horse is no more. Post mortem will confirm the cause of death,” […]
Showdown at the Indian-style bullfighting corral
Animal Welfare Board faces off against the BJP government CHENNAI, NEW DELHI––The elected government of India and the appointed but constitutionally empowered Animal Welfare Board of India appear to be headed toward a showdown before the Indian Supreme Court––a showdown which precedent indicates the Animal Welfare Board would win. In the interim, however, challenging […]
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 […]
“On behalf of my suffering brothers & sisters, the insects, please help them.”
Injuring invertebrates should bug the animal rights movement by A. Rosen While visiting India several years ago, I met people who practice the Jain religion. I think the Jain movement is ahead of the animal rights movement in some ways. For example, Jains include insects in their kindness to animals. I think that except for […]