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Maneka makes waves as animal welfare minister (November 1998)

November 15, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Birds, Birds, Cattle & dairy, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Food, Food & agriculture, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Marine life, Marine mammals, Meat issues, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Ashoke Chatterjee, Chinny Krishna, Guman Mal Lodha, Maneka Gandhi, Merritt Clifton

India bans dolphin exhibitions

November 15, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

“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 […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, India, Indian subcontinent, Marine life, Marine mammals, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Chinny Krishna, Jayanthi Natarajan, Maneka Gandhi, Merritt Clifton, Nanditha Krishna

#DontGetMilked makes a splash in the heart of hypocritical cow worship

June 3, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Animal advocates wean themselves from the “gaushala” dairy tradition             NEW DELHI,  India––The billboard message “#DontGetMilked.  Ditch Dairy!  Go Vegan!” posted recently in Nehru Place,  New Delhi by the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organizations (FIAPO),  is a crowd-stopper. It might not rate a blink, let alone a shocked doubletake from visiting American and European […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Beliefs, Cattle & dairy, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Global, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Slaughter, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: Arpan Sharma, Chinny Krishna, Maneka Gandhi, Merritt Clifton, Varda Mehrotra

Heads & Tails, by Maneka Gandhi

June 3, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

People For Animals (A4 Maharani Bagh,  New Delhi 110 065,  India).184 pages,  paperback; 1993.  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12498154-heads-and-tails Reviewed by Merritt Clifton “I have always detested milk,”   Maneka Gandhi opined in the first line of her first syndicated column,  entitled “Milk,  Meat and Animal Violence.” “My son too refused to drink cow’s milk when he was weaned,”  she continued,  […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Beliefs, Book & film reviews, Cattle & dairy, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food & agriculture, Global, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, India, Indian subcontinent, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Laxmi Narain Modi, Maneka Gandhi, Merritt Clifton

Snehal Bhatt, “The Cobra Girl of Gujarat,” dies at 55

January 29, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Made famous by The Snake Wranglers Snehal Bhatt,  55,  made famous worldwide as “The Cobra Girl of Gujarat” by the second episode of the National Geographic reality television series The Snake Wranglers,  died in her sleep from a heart attack in the early morning hours of January 23,  2017 at her home in Vadodara,  Gujarat,  […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Crocodilians, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Feral & "nuisance" wildlife, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Organizations, Poaching & trafficking, Reptiles, Snakes, Urban wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Gyan Marwah, Jose Louies, Maneka Gandhi, Merritt Clifton, Nick Jukes, Shubhobroto Ghosh

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

Shaktimaan the police horse dies of complications from assault

April 21, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Lost leg, suffered infection          DEHRADUN,  Uttarakhand,  India––Shaktimaan the police horse died at about 5:30 p.m. on April 20,  2016,  of causes officially unknown pending necropsy,  but believed to be a post-operative infection. “It is extremely unfortunate and heart-breaking for us that the horse is no more.  Post mortem will confirm the cause of death,”  […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Cruelty & neglect, Cultural, Hinduism, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Working animals, Working horses Tagged With: Ganesh Joshi, Gauri Maulekhi, Maneka Gandhi, Merritt Clifton

Smart money bets on bio-cultured meat

July 13, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Facebook & Google financiers say animals are not the future of agribusiness          BROOKLYN, SAN FRANCISCO, HONG KONG––Some leading edge investors in agribusiness with long successful histories are betting big-time that the future of animal agriculture will no longer involve raising animals. Li Ka-Shing, for example, the richest man in Asia, with net worth of […]

Filed Under: Activism, Alternatives, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Beliefs, Cattle & dairy, Central Europe, Chickens, China, Cloning & xenografts, Culture & Animals, Eggs, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Food & agriculture, Food security, Fur & leather, Global, Hooved stock, India, Indian subcontinent, Meat issues, Netherlands, Pigs, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Research & testing, Science, Science, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Arturo Elizondo, David Anchel, Isha Datar, Koby Barak, Maneka Gandhi, Mark Post, Merritt Clifton, Modern Agriculture Foundation, Modern Meadow, Muufri, New Harvest, Perumal Gandhi, Ryan Pandya

Netherlands & Mexico ban wildlife use in circuses

December 15, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Big wins for Animal Defenders International DEN HAAG, MEXICO CITY, LONDON––Announcements distributed by Animal Defenders International less than 24 hours apart on December 12 and 13, 2014 heralded Dutch and Mexican national bans on the use of wild animals in circuses. Said Animal Defenders International president Jan Creamer, “Use of animals in traveling circuses is […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Central Europe, China, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Europe, Exhibition, Feature Home Middle Right, India, Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Mexico, Netherlands, Southeast Asia, Spectacles, The Americas, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Animal Defenders International, Jan Creamer, Maneka Gandhi, R.M. Kharb, Shaon Dijksma

Jurist V.R. Krishna Iyer, 100, fought for captive elephants

December 6, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Culture & Animals, Elephants, Entertainment, Feature Home Top, Hinduism, India, Indian subcontinent, Religion & philosophy, Spectacles, Wildlife, Working animals Tagged With: Kerala, Maneka Gandhi, Supreme Court of India, V.R. Krishna Ayer

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