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Saturday, August 16, 2025
TopicAnimal welfare

Topic: Animal welfare

Delhi’s sterilisation centres key to managing human-stray dog conflict. But they’re all blood & filth

Friendicoes says need of the hour was for vets, authorities & NGOs to collectively discuss how to remedy challenges faced by some ABC units, and what can be done to find solutions.

World association suspends Delhi Zoo for 6 months over case of ‘chained’ African elephant Shankar

Failure to comply with WAZA order can lead to indefinite suspension, world body warns. In 2020, ThePrint had reported how Delhi High Court had stepped for well-being of Shankar.

Kedarnath pilgrimage is injuring mules—8,000 overworked animals, 1 medical shelter

200 mules died in Kedarnath in 2022, and 115 died in 2023. 20 animals have already died in the first 20 days of 2024. But these are only the official, registered deaths.


Supporting animal welfare: South Korea’s parliament passes bill to end eating, selling of dog meat

Support for the ban has grown under President Yoon Suk Yeol, an animal lover who has adopted 6 dogs and 8 cats with first lady Kim Keon Hee, also a vocal critic of dog meat trade.

Delhi’s govt vet hospitals are broken. Private care for the rich pets

The government's veterinary care hospitals in Delhi are in bad shape, with premises being used for activities like badminton and ludo, and some left abandoned.

Elvish Yadav booked for ‘supplying snake venom for rave parties’. How Maneka Gandhi’s PFA ‘laid trap’

Five people, including an 'accomplice' of Elvish Yadav, have been arrested. Big Boss OTT winner has put out video denying allegations.

Even dogs can be right or left-handed. Science tells you how to know the difference

Unlike in humans, paw preference appears to be roughly evenly split. Handedness in dogs is therefore specific to the individual, rather than the population.

Over 2,500 dead seals wash up on Russia’s Caspian sea coast

Environmental specialists are continuing measures to count the number of dead seals, but their cause of death is still unclear.

Dogs are millionaires in Gujarat village. Thank the Mughals

The 200-odd dogs collectively own 26 bighas of land. The property has gained in value over the years but the villagers won't let anyone put a price on it.

For love & freedom: Teen wages battle for lonely African elephant at Delhi zoo

Delhi HC has ordered an inspection of the living conditions of Shankar, the elephant who was a gift to India from Zimbabwe in 1998, and has since lived in Delhi zoo.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?