We have the laws, what we don’t have is the data—registered or unregistered breeders and pet shops, number of pets being sold or bought, pets registered. All this is crucial to act.
Some couples are channelling their nurturing instincts towards animals due to the costs, mental burden, long-term commitment associated with raising children.
Animal Welfare Officer Dr Ajay Kumar Singh says Agra civic body plans to rope in private agency that will aim to vaccinate 250-300 dogs per day, and make pet registration mandatory.
It was common for high-status people to have their portraits completed in the company of a pet, most commonly cats and dogs, to signify their elevated status.
Kumar Bandi from Andhra Pradesh stays put with his pet jaguar & panther in Donbas, ignoring the war, while Arya Aldrin walked 20 kms to the Romanian border with her Siberian Husky
What made him ‘Akbar the Great’ was not the might of his armies alone, but the political architecture he built to sustain power over a subcontinent teeming with diversity.
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