Response to pack attacks: new rules also restrict where & when feeders may feed street dogs CHENNAI, India––Cats, as of March 10, 2023, are at last included in the Indian national Animal Birth Control program, operating since 2003. The inclusion of cats in effect officially recognizes neuter/return as the preferred method of cat population control […]
India Supreme Court moves against “dog menace”
Rejects notion that local governments & High Courts have no jurisdiction over dog control, rejects claim of unconditional right to feed street dogs, & orders Animal Welfare Board to produce data showing programs are working to reduce dog bites NEW DELHI––Advocates for no-kill animal control, feeding street dogs wherever and whenever, and defenders of dangerous […]
Street dogs in the U.S.? Nathan Winograd has gone barking mad.
by Merritt Clifton Among the most vociferous critics of ANIMALS 24-7 guest columnist Jeff Young’s essay We cannot adopt, warehouse or rescue our way out of dog & cat overpopulation! was No Kill Advocacy Center founder Nathan Winograd. Winograd’s own recommendations in response to the homeless dog and cat problem have long been a hodgepodge of wishful […]
High Court of Madras rules against camel slaughter
Slaughterhouse rules must be followed, but Chennai has no camel slaughterhouses I am delighted to inform you that the Honorable High Court of Madras on August 6, 2014 gave directions against camel slaughter, in a case filed by the Blue Cross of India years ago and argued most ably by Mr. Balasubramanian Ganesan of Poovayya […]
Blue Cross of India honored for work on nonviolence & vegetarianism
Bhagavan Mahavir Award for Non-Violence and Vegetarianism I am delighted to tell you all that Shri Sugal Chan Jain of the Bhagavan Mahavir Foundation has informed us that the Blue Cross of India has been chosen for this year’s Bhagavan Mahavir Award for Non-Violence and Vegetarianism. We are thrilled at this very special award from […]