Culling dogs is illegal, affirms Supreme Court of India NEW DELHI, CHENNAI––The Animal Welfare Board of India on November 18, 2015 welcomed a Supreme Court of India ruling upholding the Animal Birth Control (Dogs) Rules, 2001, providing the legal framework for ABC programs nationwide and prohibiting killing street dogs for the purpose of population […]
Jurist V.R. Krishna Iyer, 100, fought for captive elephants
Vaidyanathapura Rama Krishna Iyer, 100, among India’s most distinguished jurists, advocates for animals, and advocates in particular for improving the lives of temple elephants, died on December 4, 2014 from the combination of renal and cardiac failure. Though of Tamil Brahmin family background, V.R. Krishna Iyer was born and raised in the Malabar region of […]