BANGKOK: Two men, one Thai and Vietnamese, were arrested on Wednesday after officials discovered they were hiding the bodies of two tigers and two leopards. The men have also been held in connection to the international illegal killing and smuggling of endangered species under international treaties signed by both Thailand and Malaysia, where the men [...]
MANILA: The Philippine’s government has said it will ensure the welfare of an elephant currently held at the Manila Zoo. The Palace made the statement after UK rockstar Morissey called on President Benigno Aquino III to allow the elephant to go into retirement. Animal rights groups have also called for the animal’s release, after documentation [...]
Iconic French film star and animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot has asked German authorities to allow her to switch places with jailed Sea Shepherd Conservation Society chief Paul Watson, who was arrested and jailed in Germany. “I have always supported Paul Watson, my brother in arms,” she said in a statement. Watson, the Canadian national [...]
BANGKOK: Vietnamese are continuing to pay for poached and murder rhinoceros horns in the country, believing that the medicinal aspects of the horns will help cure cancer and lengthen one’s age. Cancer patients are the most common buyers of the murdered animal’s horns, and despite illegal in Vietnam, it continues to be a major mover [...]
Bird-watching, a popular hobby around the world, can present significant economic opportunities for countries through sustainable tourism, the United Nations environment agency said today, stressing that States should increase efforts to support this growing industry. “Birding plays a significant and growing part in the tourism industry, and creates direct and indirect economic benefits for many [...]
LAGOS: Strewn on the ground, their tusks ripped crudely from their bodies, over 200 elephants have been discovered murdered in Cameroon since the beginning of the year, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said. It revealed that the culprits were a group of Sudanese poachers, who slaughtered the elephants in the Bouba Ndjida National [...]
The head of the United Nations-backed convention on endangered species today hailed the efforts of a Chinese organization that carried out two nationwide operations this year to successfully combat wildlife crime. The National Inter-Agency CITES Enforcement Collaboration Group (NICECG) of China was awarded a Certificate of Commendation by the Secretary-General of the Convention on International [...]
LONDON: A German man has been arrested at the Munich International Airport after customs officials discovered 49 live lizards in his bag, which he said were to be cooked and eaten. Striking anger in animal rights groups in the country, the man, identified as a 28-year-old returning from Oman, offered to bit the head off [...]
JAKARTA: Britain’s Morrissey has, in a letter, called on the Indonesian government to immediately close a zoo in Eastern Java known for its animal abuses. The zoo has seen hundreds of animals die and others disappear in mysterious circumstances in recent years, which has left the global animal rights community in a fury. The former [...]
It’s not about religion, or at least it shouldn’t be. As British Muslims and Jews deride recent calls for an end to halal slaughter – the slitting of the throat of an animal before being slaughtered – let us look at why ending this practice would be good for the animals, and the globe. It [...]
NEW DELHI: India’s ambition to re-introduce the world’s fastest wild animal – Cheetah – into the Indian wilds suffered a major blow when the country’s highest judicial court, the Supreme Court of India, issued an injunction against the move. India’s Environment and Forest Ministry had mooted the proposal and earmarked $ 2.4 millon for the [...]
British Muslims are battling over animal rights and calls for an end to halal slaughter in the country. It comes on the heels of a push to end the Jewish and Muslim traditional means of slitting an animals throat in order to allow the blood to flow completely out of the animals body. Professor Bill [...]
Fires along the southern Nepal border with India have devastated local forest ecosystems in both Nepal and India which has seen massive wildlife losses, officials in Kathmandu said. According to government officials, some 70 percent of Nepal’s Bardiya National Park has been consumed by fire in the past few days. “We are working around the [...]
NEW DELHI: The close to extinction Asiatic lion may be struggling to survive, but provincial governments of the two Indian States of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh have launched a no-holds-barred battle for their custody in the country’s highest court. The Madhya Pradesh government which is seeking custody of at least one pride of the Asiatic [...]
NEW DELHI: A tame elephant ran amok at a Hindu religious festival, injuring over two dozen people in the South Indian state of Kerala. At least one of those injured is fighting death, according to a top police official. The elephant named Kalidasan, which was participating in a local festival known as Thrissur Pooram suddenly [...]
NEW DELHI: India’s federal government cracked the whip on States faltering on the country’s tiger conservation goals and asked them yesterday to step up efforts in deploying special forces for the protection of the endangered striped cat. India’s environment and forest minister Jayanthi Natarajan yesterday confabulated with field directors of all Indian tiger reserves, where [...]
Spain’s King Juan Carlos faces overwhelming public scorn following an extravagant elephant hunting trip to Botswana earlier this month. Juan Carlos, an honorary president of World Wildlife Spain, had his private trip publicized when he was flown back to Madrid for medical attention after reportedly slipping and fracturing his hip. Hundreds of thousands voiced their [...]
NEW DELHI: Computer simulations have taken over live specimens at for University experiments, after the Union Government of India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) disallowed the use of live animals for educational experiments in the favor of computer simulation, bringing much relief to animal lovers. They have however exempted scientists conducting new molecular research [...]
NEW DELHI: Five students were injured, one serious with knife wounds, over a controversial beef festival organized by students of the Osmania University, located in the central Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The organizers of the beef festival, mainly left wing students unions, were demanding beef as a part of their canteen menu, which has [...]
NEW DELHI: In order to bring back to life the virtually extinct predator the great Asiatic Cheetah, the Indian government has shelled out $ 400,000 to create a natural habitat for the world’s swiftest carnivore. The $ 400,000 for the Cheetah Introduction Program of the Indian government will be spent on creating a natural habitat [...]
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