How did Wildlife SOS cofounder & experienced anti-poaching investigator Kartick Satyanarayan get caught in such a tangle? AGRA, India––Wildlife law enforcement agents worldwide, both with government agencies and with nonprofit organizations, might take a lesson from the present plight of Wildlife SOS cofounder Kartick Satyanarayan. In particular, Satyanarayan could probably teach quite a bit from […]
Beyond Evolution, by Michael W. Fox
Beyond Evolution by Michael W. Fox The Lyons Press (123 West 18th St., New York, NY 10011), 1999. 256 pages, hardcover. $24.95. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton in November 1999. “Few parents teach their children reverence for all life, opening their hearts to the wonders and mysteries of wild nature,” former Humane Society of the […]
Fatal dog attack in Florida is not a felony, but in India brings national uproar
Florida officials say they can do little about dog attack death of a child; Supreme Court of India & regional courts say authorities must do the impossible DELHI, India; DELAND, Florida––Six-year-old Chavi Sharma of the Pooth Kalan neighborhood in Delhi, India, and eight-year-old Michael Millett of Deland, Florida, had […]
“Every camel has a story,” & so does the Bassi Camel Rescue Centre
Camel Rescue Centre in the Rajasthan desert has now been operating for half a camel’s 50-year lifespan JAIPUR, India––“Every camel has a story,” Camel Rescue Centre veterinarian Abhinav Swani told Indian freelance writer Aparna Vats who recited several of the stories to introduce a March 13, 2025 media release celebrating––she thought––the 14th anniversary of […]
Vantara: billionaire-built zoo/sanctuary has conservationists in a dither
Nobody knows quite what to make of the state-of-the-art facility begun by Anant Ambani, 29, but it has taken in thousands of animals from often dire situations JAMNAGAR, India––A global chorus of conservationists are currently bashing Anant Ambani, 29, son of the reputed twelfth richest man in the world, for allegedly building the world’s […]
Robots to the rescue of Indian temple elephants!
Technology challenges a cruel pre-technology custom that originated with the Buddhist prescription for kindness to retired working animals CHENNAI, India––Thirty-five years after U.S. inventor Douglas Malewicki in 1989 built the 40-foot-tall flame-spewing Robosaurus, thrilling and terrifying exhibition crowds as an apparent real-life Godzilla ever since, Nanditha Krishna, author of The Sacred Animals of India, on […]
Sri Lanka animal advocates fight to stop corrupted “animal welfare” bill
Exempts anything done in the names of food production, science, & culture 22-year-old fracas over Depo Provera injections in street dogs lurks in the background COLOMBO, Sri Lanka––Sri Lanka may be the only nation in the world, and perhaps the only nation ever, in which almost every indigenous animal advocacy organization appears to be frantically, […]
Jane Goodall joins voices against livestock gift charities
Livestock gifts, Goodall warns, “can result in unintended consequences” WASHINGTON D.C.––Primatologist, anthropologist, and philanthropist Jane Goodall, 87, on December 20, 2021 added her globally influential voice to those of the growing number of critics of livestock gift charities. Livestock gift charities include, most prominently, Heifer International, Oxfam, World Vision, and the Cargill’s “Hatching Hope” […]
Maneka makes waves as animal welfare minister (November 1998)
Moved rapidly on marine mammal exhibition, cattle transport, & wild-caught bird trade NEW DELHI––Contrary to Press Trust of India and New Zealand Press Association reports of October 7, Indian minister for social justice and empowerment Maneka Gandhi did not ban animal experiments in India effective on October 8, 1998 but she did announce draft regulations […]
India bans dolphin exhibitions
“We will not allow dolphinariums” May/June 2013 DELHI––“We will not allow dolphinariums,” Indian environment and forest minister Jayanthi Natarajan on May 8, 2013 told Chetan Chahan of the Hindustan Times. “The environment ministry rejected plans to develop dolphinariums in the Noida neighborhood of Delhi, Kochi in Kerala, and in Mumbai, some of which have been […]