Tag: Animal
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An infant Royal Bengal tiger cub and a Humboldt penguin chick joined the Mumbai Zoo this week
Shakti and Karishma gave birth to a male Royal Bengal Tiger cub on November 14, while the penguin chick was born on August 19.
January 18, 2022 -
Two days conference to be held to discuss animal protection in India
A recent report spanning over a decade released by FIAPO and ACGS (2010-2020), revealed 720 cases of crime against street animals, 741 cases against working animals, 588 cases against companion animals, 88 cases against farm animals, and 258 cases against wild animals and birds in India.
January 12, 2022 -
Ranbir Kapoor-starrer ‘Animal’ to release in August 2023
The film also stars Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol and Parineeti Chopra. 'Animal' marks Vanga's first association with Ranbir.
November 19, 2021 -
Moo point
“Scientists believe the cow is the only animal that both inhales and exhales oxygen,” he was widely reported to have observed
September 13, 2021 -
Consciousness and Birth
Rebirth of a departed soul is said to happen in accordance with the level of one’s spiritual evolution. Just as a scholarly university graduate, who would not like to go back to the playschool, an evolved human soul generally does not take birth as a subhuman entity. Any other birth would not do justice to …
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October 25, 2018 -
Claws vs fangs
It’s often animal instincts that drives pets to protect their adopted families, a colleague narrated. On a recent visit to the Andaman and Nicobar islands, she came across an amazing tale of how cats managed to keep a snake at bay. Known for its greenery and dense forest, the Andamans have no season for rain. …
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June 24, 2018 -
Animal-powered transport banned during day in Gwalior
In view of rising temperatures, the Gwalior district administration has banned all types of animal-powered transportation during the day till 15 July. Gwalior collector Rahul Jain has taken the initiative to ban the movement of bullock-carts, horse-driven carts, camel carts, donkey carts, mulecarts, buffalo carts and pony carts in the district under the Prevention of …
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May 5, 2018 -
Animal welfare drive in North Sikkim
The Sikkim Anti-Rabies and Animal Health (SARAH), an animal welfare and public health initiative of the state government, conducted a camp on Animal Birth Control and Anti Rabies (ABC & AR) in North Sikkim from 8 to 19 February. A total of 268 stray dogs from the surrounding areas of Mangan and nearby districts were …
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February 22, 2018 -
New type of Botox discovered from animal gut bacteria
Enterococci are hardy microbes that thrive in the gastrointestinal tracts of nearly all land animals, including our own, and generally cause no harm.
January 29, 2018 -
The one that got away
We were returning from a long and singularly luckless outing in the jungle on elephant-back, and had almost reached the road to the rest house. There was a wide patch of lantana and tall grass between us and the road, with a flat-topped rock to one side of it, and the leopard lay stretched at …
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January 7, 2018 -
One man’s meat
This man had long been a strict vegetarian, but had suddenly taken to meat-eating late in middle-age, and developed a passion for venison.
December 31, 2017 -
Inflicting so much unnecessary harm
For years the scientific community has been talking about the uselessness of experimenting on dogs. According to most scientists and companies that produce pharmaceuticals, dogs have no role to play in proving any drug for humans. Thirty years ago I had created the CPCSEA in the Environment Ministry. This was supposed to be the apex …
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December 31, 2017 -
A cancer clinic for domestic animals in Kerala
An alarming increase of cancer cases among domestic animals has prompted the Kerala Animal Husbandry Department to open an diagnostic oncology centre for its early detection and research. The research from the unique centre, functioning at the state-run Chief Disease Investigation Office (CDIO) in Palode near here for the past one year, has revealed that …
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September 8, 2017 -
Suspecting cow smuggling, UP police detain animal ambulance
Overzealous Ghaziabad police detained an ambulance run by People for Animals (PFA) which was transporting a calf with a fractured leg to its animal hospital in Dhaulana – suspecting it to be a case of cow smuggling. "Over-enthusiastic police wanted to capture cow smugglers transporting bovines for slaughter, and could not determine that it was …
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May 23, 2017 -
Candid candies, not so sweet
One of the reasons I don’t eat sweets is because, over the years, I have discovered that most of them have gelatine in them. A friend of mine owned a chain of small shops in which you could go, as in the Western sweet shops, and scoop out various candies you wanted from open, shelf-like …
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May 13, 2017 -
Chilling Out
November 17, 2016 -
Chilling Out
November 17, 2016