Brigitte Bardot: provocative on film, but even more provocative for animals, for more than twice as long PARIS, France––Brigitte Bardot, 91, a fashion model for four years, a film actress for 20 years, and a full-time animal advocate for the last 52 years of her life, died on December 28, 2025 of undisclosed causes at […]
Hanoi bans dog & cat meat trade; Philippines & India bust dog meat dealers
Stopping rabies & attracting tourists motivate government in Vietnamese capital HANOI, Vietnam––102 human rabies deaths in 29 administrative jurisdictions during 2023 have reportedly moved the city government in Hanoi, the national capital of Vietnam, to ban the dog and cat meat trade––coincidentally, almost on the eve of the annual dog-eating festival held toward the end […]
Sperm-sorting comes to India through cow-loving Modi government
Slippery business may stop the bull calf surplus NEW DELHI, India––Cracking down hard against illegal cattle slaughter and exports to slaughter, while boosting milk production, the Hindi nationalist Nahendra Modi regime ruling India since 2014 caused the perennial Indian bull calf surplus to explode. Now, however, the Modi government has reportedly […]
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 […]