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Bullfighting politics take sharp twists in India

February 22, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Bullfighting foes receive national honors even as Tamil Nadu state government drops charges against 26,450 bullfighting defenders & heads of both major national parties support  bullfights             CHENNAI, Tamil Nadu, India––Jallikattu,  the Tamil Nadu form of bullfighting in which mobs abuse the bulls as they run through the streets during harvest festivals,  on February 20,  […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Bullfighting, Cattle & dairy, Cultural, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Organizations, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Science Tagged With: Chinny Krishna, Dipak Misra, Merritt Clifton, Nahrendra Modi, Prani Mitra, R.M. Kharb, Rahul Gandhi

Indian-style bullfights resume at urging of prime minister Nahrendra Modi

February 14, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Hindu nationalists defy Supreme Court & Animal Welfare Board of India          CHENNAI,  India––Stampeding bulls,  rampaging young men and the blood of both are again flowing through the streets of cities in participant bullfights called jallikattu conducted throughout Tamil Nadu state,  India. Held in the name of celebrating harvest festivals,  the resurrection of jallikattu represents […]

Filed Under: Animal fighting, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Beliefs, Bullfighting, Cattle & dairy, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Hinduism, Hooved stock, India, Indian subcontinent, Religion & philosophy Tagged With: C. Vijaya Baskar, Nahendra Modi, Poorva Joshipura, R.M. Kharb

What if the U.S. Supreme Court ruled rodeo unconstitutional?

November 19, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

It happened in India!          NEW DELHI,  India––Imagine the U.S. Supreme Court resoundingly rebuking the Donald Trump presidential administration by holding rodeo to be unconstitutional,  regardless of how culturally entrenched it is among “red state voters,”  his support base. Difficult though it may be to imagine newly appointed U.S. attorney general Jeff Sessions moving under […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Bullfighting, Cattle & dairy, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Hinduism, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Spectacles, Vegetarians & vegans, Working animals Tagged With: Chinny Krishna, Dipak Misra, Merritt Clifton, Nahrendra Modi, R.M. Kharb, Rohinton Nariman

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

Showdown at the Indian-style bullfighting corral

April 7, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Animal Welfare Board faces off against the BJP government          CHENNAI,  NEW DELHI––The elected government of India and the appointed but constitutionally empowered Animal Welfare Board of India appear to be headed toward a showdown before the Indian Supreme Court––a showdown which precedent indicates the Animal Welfare Board would win. In the interim,  however,  challenging […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal fighting, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Beliefs, Bullfighting, Bullfighting, Cattle & dairy, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Hinduism, Hooved stock, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws & standards, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Spectacles, Welfare Tagged With: Bharatiya Janata Party, Chinny Krishna, J. Jayalalithaa, Merritt Clifton, Nahrendra Modi, 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

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

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