'By equating slaughter with cruelty, you are paving the way for all other animal slaughter to be stopped in the future.'
As protests demanding Jallikattu swelled on the streets of Tamil Nadu, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi on Thursday said the state government has the power to enact a law to treat Jallikattu as a traditional sport, but cautioned that the animals should not be harmed or cruelly treated during such events.
Slamming the Centre's decision to allow the bull taming sport Jallikattu, PETA India said that lifting protection against cruelty is a "black mark" on the nation.
The petitioner contended that the provisions in the notification were unconstitutional.
Milind Soman and Ankita Konwar make an earnest appeal to switch to cruelty-free, leather-free textiles at the FDCI x Lakme Fashion Week.
CM Sangma, introducing the resolution, alleged that the notification was "designed to affect" the people of the north-east in general and Meghalaya in particular.
Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar defended the Centre's move to allow controversial bull taming sport Jallikattu despite opposition from animal rights bodies.
Police said the arrests were made after incorporating two more sections of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 and IPC sections 143 (punishment for unlawful assembly), 147 (rioting) and 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence) in the FIR.
The environment ministry has received several representations on the recent ban on sale and purchase of cattle for slaughter from animal markets
A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice R F Nariman framed five questions to be adjudicated on by the Constitution bench.
Making the announcement, Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan tweeted: 'The Union government has made arrangements to allow Jallikattu in TN.'
Questioning the Centre for its notification allowing use of bulls in events like Jallikattu, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said India cannot "import Roman gladiator type sport".
They swear by vegetarianism to not only save our environment and animals, but also to maintain their lithe, sculpted figure.
The Polar Bear Hotel, part of the Harbin Polarland theme park in Heilongjiang's capital and largest city, Harbin, opened its doors on Friday with the promise of round-the-clock polar bear viewing from all 21 guest rooms.
Observing that the horse-drawn carriages, famously known as Victoria, plying in Mumbai were "illegal and it violated the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act", the Bombay high court on Monday directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to completely ban them after a year.
SC took note of Centre's statement that it was reconsidering the notification.
A necklace which encases live fish set amidst diamonds and other precious stones has caused animal lovers to raise a stink even as its designer claims he does not intend cruelty and merely wants to raise awareness about extinction of coral reefs.
The PeTA activist and entrepreneur is promoting cruelty-free fashion.
The two medical students who tortured her -- and filmed her hurtling several storeys to the ground -- were arrested and then released on bail in Tamil Nadu.
In its interim order, a Madurai bench directed the Centre to file counter in 4 weeks.
In a relief to Jallikattu supporters, the Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay the new legislation passed recently by the Tamil Nadu assembly but warned the state government not to allow commotion on the streets, reminding that law and order was its prime duty.
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan urges his counterparts to stand up against Centre's 'anti-federal, anti-democratic and anti-secular move'.
What about other animals such as goats?" the bench asked.
The 1920 actress demonstrated against cruelty against birds in cage.
Terming the case lodged against Joshi as an act of "political vendetta" by the previous government, state urban development minister and spokesman of the state government Madan Kaushik said all "politically motivated" cases slapped against party workers by the previous regime are being withdrawn.
The apex court has also issued notice to Centre, Tamil Nadu and other states where 'Jallikattu' is played.
People poured their wrath on Mussoorie MLA Ganesh Joshi for showing cruelty to the animal.
Under NSA, the government can detain a person for as long as it wishes and the authorities need not disclose the grounds of detention. A person booked under the provision of Gangsters Act becomes part of a gang listed in police records. It entitles the police to keep track of those booked under the Act and issue summons to them for attendance at the local police station for questioning even if no fresh case is lodged against them.
Former Attorney general Soli Sorabjee earlier in the day said that the Jallikattu Bill will pose a serious constitutional challenge.
In Public to protect animals from being guinea pigs for cosmetic company
Police, activists allege that the arrested men were cruel to buffaloes.
Drowning, followed by inhalation of water leading to lung failure was the immediate cause of death of the elephant, said the preliminary report prepared on May 28, a day after the elephant, estimated to be 15-year old, died in Velliyar River.
Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan said the intention behind the notification was not to harm any particular group.
Horrifying video of man throwing a dog from rooftop surfaces, a NGO offers reward to trace him, reports T S Sudhir.
'The cruelty to animals only reflects the modern, urban Indian contempt for any creatures -- animal or human -- who are voiceless and powerless and unable to fight back,' novelist Nilanjana Roy says, discussing her first book, the well-reviewed The Wildings, with Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
"The new cattle trade and slaughter rules framed by the central government are against the interest of the people. We will not carry out the new rules," Tripura's Agriculture and Animal Resource Development Minister Aghore Debbarma said.
Does the "story" of a Mani Ratnam film come first or does its "spirit" asks Sreehari Nair.
Two medical students, who hurled a dog from a terrace, and filmed the incident, were on Wednesday arrested after the shocking video went viral drawing outrage. But they got bail in less than five minutes because the law lacks bite, says T S Sudhir
Animal rights body People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals on Friday appealed to the Election Commission to allow it to use the covered up elephant statues in Uttar Pradesh as a platform to expose cruelty against jumbos in circuses. In a letter to Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi, PETA urged him to request the Uttar Pradesh government to open the city's parks for them.
Here's a round-up of animal rights group PETA's sexiest 2010 campaigns against cruelty, featuring famous faces -- and bods in the buff!
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