Drought-driven fires traumatize a region that rejects global warming GATLINBURG, PIGEON FORGE, Tennessee––Animal victims of the firestorm that swept the resort towns of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge in Sevier County, Tennessee on November 28-29, 2016 appear to have been few, but it would be difficult to overstate the trauma felt by residents of a […]
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 […]
Animal Nepal’s post-earthquake report
by Lucia de Vries, director, Animal Nepal Re “No karmic bridge links the Nepal earthquake to Gadhi Mai” and “Nepal earthquake update from Jan Salter, founder, KAT Centre,” Animal Nepal, as well as Himalayan Animal Rescue Trust, really did an amazing job in the wake of the “twin quakes” that hit Nepal on April 25 […]
Nepal earthquake update from Jan Salter, founder, KAT Centre
Editor’s note: Jan Salter, a legend in Himalayan humane work, below offers a second perspective on the Nepal earthquake relief effort; see also “No karmic bridge links the Nepal earthquake to Gadhi Mai” and Animal Nepal’s post-earthquake report. Many have commented and noticed that I have not been as publicly visible in KAT’s many activities and […]
No karmic bridge links the Nepal earthquake to Gadhi Mai
Editor’s note: Jan Salter, a legend in Himalayan humane work, offers a second perspective and further detail about the Nepal earthquake relief effort at “Nepal earthquake update from Jan Salter, founder, KAT Centre,” and Animal Nepal’s post-earthquake report. KATHMANDU––“The Nepal Animal Welfare & Research Center now is critically suffering from the [post-earthquake] financial crisis and can’t operate its […]
Post-Fukushima lawsuit may reshape the politics of animal welfare in Japan
Repercussions for animals continue TOKYO––Aftershocks from the March 11, 2011 earthquake that devastated the Tohoku region of Japan long since faded into occasional tremors. Debris from the tsunami that followed has mostly been cleared away, except in the no-man’s-land surrounding the stricken Fukushima nuclear reactor complex. But repercussions for animals continue, including the rise […]