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India drops animal welfare rep from lab oversight board

May 7, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Animal Welfare Board of India chief ousted for opposing bullfighting          CHENNAI,  India––Crippling the ability of the Animal Welfare Board of India to monitor animal use in biomedical research and product safety testing,  Indian minister of environment and forests Prakash Javadekar has removed AWBI chair R.M. Kharb from his position on the 13-member Committee for […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Middle Left, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Lab animals, Mice & rats, Organizations, Politics, Regulation, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, Science Tagged With: Chinny Krishna, Jallikattu, Maneka Gandhi, Merritt Clifton, Prakash Javadekar, R.M. Kharb

Supreme Court of India rules against harvest festival mayhem

January 14, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal fighting, Animal racing, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Birds, Bullfighting, Bullfighting, Cattle & dairy, Cockfighting, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Middle Left, Hinduism, Hooved stock, India, Indian subcontinent, Organizations, Other animal fighting, Other animal racing, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Spectacles, Wildlife Tagged With: Animal Welfare Board of India, AWBI, bulbul fighting, Chinny Krishna, Jallikattu, Makar Sankranti, Merritt Clifton, Pongal, R.M. Kharb, Supreme Court of India

“Prevention of cruelty to animals overrides so-called tradition & culture” says Supreme Court of India

May 13, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Verdict against jallikattu            NEW DELHI––“The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960…in our view overshadows or overrides so-called tradition and culture,” ruled a two-judge panel representing the Supreme Court of India on May 7, 2014. The decision that prevention of cruelty trumps “tradition and culture” in Indian law came in […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Animal racing, Asia/Pacific, Bullfighting, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, India, Indian subcontinent, Other animal racing Tagged With: BJP, Chinny Krishna, Congress Party, Jallikattu, Merritt Clifton

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