Rejects notion that local governments & High Courts have no jurisdiction over dog control, rejects claim of unconditional right to feed street dogs, & orders Animal Welfare Board to produce data showing programs are working to reduce dog bites NEW DELHI––Advocates for no-kill animal control, feeding street dogs wherever and whenever, and defenders of dangerous […]
Supreme Court of India rules against harvest festival mayhem
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 […]
Two big breaks for Indian street dogs
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 […]
Culling dogs is illegal, affirms Supreme Court of India
Upholds national Animal Birth Control program 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 control. The verdict, […]
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 […]
Supreme Court of India ruling covers tracks on Gadhi Mai sacrifice
Face-saving way to declare victory DELHI––Did a two-justice bench from the Supreme Court of India on October 17, 2014 strike a mighty blow against animal sacrifices at the Gadhi Mai festival, to be held in the village of Bariyarpur, Nepal, on November 28-29, 2014? Or did the Supreme Court justices just hand the government of […]