Puducherry: Migratory birds and endangered animals protected by the Indian wildlife laws are being sold openly in a market in Puducherry. CNN-IBN has accessed images that expose the thriving lucrative business. At a roadside food stall, in the city of Puducherry the selling of protected birds and animals is a common sight. The images show ibis and purple moorhens, open billed storks being sold openly at roadside stalls. These birds...
06:25 AM, May 31, 2012
Puducherry: Migratory birds and endangered animals protected by the Indian wildlife laws are being sold openly in a market in Puducherry. CNN-IBN has accessed images that expose the thriving lucrative business. The images show ibis and purple moorhens, open billed storks being sold openly at roadside stalls. These birds visit the Oussudu Wildlife Sanctuary in the winters for breeding where they are allegedly hunted. Jungle cats, palm civets, porcupine, monitor...
01:25 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court has directed the police to register an FIR against BJP MP Maneka Gandhi-run animal care and veterinary hospital where 36 animals died due to their alleged failure in performing the duties. The court also pulled up the investigating officer (IO) for taking up the matter "casually" and directed him to probe the case "expeditiously" against Sanjay Gandhi Animal Care Centre (SGACC). "The SGACC is a...
06:30 PM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: An activist of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) holds a baby as she walks on road wearing a coat festooned with the limbs of baby dolls protesting against the sale of leather goods at International Leather Goods Fair in Kolkata, Friday, February 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Bikas Das) ...
12:38 PM, Feb 18, 2012
New Delhi: For raising her voice to oppose cruelty to animals and her staunch commitment to a vegetarian diet, veteran Bollywood actress Hema Malini has been named the person of the year by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The Dream Girl on behalf of PETA recently wrote a heartfelt appeal to the minister of Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh, urging him to take immediate steps to end...
06:50 PM, Dec 21, 2011
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The animals in the city zoo are still living under the threat of virus infection. Chances are high for the spread of the canine distemper virus, which claimed the lives of four jackals in the city zoo and affected the remaining four. Realising the seriousness of situation, the zoo authorities approached the Forest Department for its approval for euthanasia. Principal Chief Conservator of Forests R Raja Raja Varma confirmed...
08:54 AM, Dec 15, 2011
New York: When author Justin Torres was writing 'We the Animals', he had no idea he was writing his first novel nor, as could be expected, that he would become the publishing industry's latest sensation. Though Torres has been writing for years -- currently as a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford -- it is only since his debut novel went on sale in September that he has begun to taste...
11:59 AM, Sep 20, 2011
London: Pop icon Michael Jackson kept lots of animals because it brought him closer to God, says brother Jermaine. The 'Thriller' hitmaker who died from acute Propofol intoxication in 2009, was famed for his eccentric lifestyle, which included turning his home into a theme park and befriending a monkey named Bubbles, but his brother Jermaine insists there was nothing strange about his behaviour, reported Contactmusic. "Animals are loving - what's...
02:11 PM, Sep 17, 2011
Los Angeles: George Clooney's ex-girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis is the latest celebrity to strip down for animal rights group PETA, unveiling her campaign and her naked body in Beverly Hills on Tuesday. Shoppers on ritzy Rodeo Drive got an eyeful of Canalis as she posed next to her nude, black-and-white campaign portrait for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. The Italian TV host, who split from A-list actor Clooney earlier...
11:36 AM, Sep 14, 2011
Hamburg: Germany's health minister says he's hopeful that the worst of an E coli outbreak blamed on sprouts is over - but he is warning that the number of deaths, now at 33, may still increase. Minister Daniel Bahr's comments came after health officials announced on Friday that they had traced the outbreak to sprouts from a farm in northern Germany. They also lifted a warning against eating cucumbers, tomatoes...
11:42 PM, Jun 11, 2011
New Delhi: A year after nearly 20 blackbucks died in the Delhi zoo because of contaminated water, little has been done. A study by the central pollution control board reveals that the water in the zoo remains contaminated. The report found high levels of dissolved solids - upto 16 times over the permissible limit of 500 milligrams per litre. This can lead to kidney stones and intestinal infections in mammals. ...
09:34 AM, Jun 01, 2011
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