Tag: Animals
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China dismisses Mike Pompeo’s COVID-19 lab-theory, says he has no evidence
Most scientists believe the new virus jumped from animals to humans, with suspicion around a market in Wuhan that sold wildlife for meat.
May 6, 2020 -
Coronavirus LIVE | India cases cross 9,000 mark, 208 COVID-19 hotspots identified in 40 UP districts
The global number of confirmed cases passed 1.8 million, reaching 1,848,503, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker. There have been 114,185 deaths globally.
April 13, 2020 -
US Lawmakers urge China to shut down wet markets immediately amid COVID-19 pandemic
A wet market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan is believed to be the source of the coronavirus pandemic that began in December last year, crossing from animals to humans.
April 10, 2020 -
Zoos in India put on alert, told to monitor animals 24/7 after New York zoo tiger tests positive for COVID-19
Chinese disease control officials had identified wild animals sold in a Wuhan market as the source of the Coronavirus pandemic that has infected well over 1.2 million people worldwide and killed nearly 70,000.
April 6, 2020 -
Australia PM urges WHO, UN to act against China wet markets amid reports of reopening
This comes as China’s dangerous wet markets selling bats, pangolins and dogs for human consumption have reportedly reopened with the easing of the lockdown after over three months.
April 3, 2020 -
#Animallove: Disha Patani says ‘best therapy has fur and four legs’
Disha on Friday took to Twitter, where she shared a photograph of her pet dog.
October 4, 2019 -
In pics | Dogs, horses join International Yoga Day celebrations, perform ‘asanas’ along with masters
In Jammu, the dog squad of the BSF was seen mimicking their trainers even as they performed the various positions in Yoga.
June 21, 2019 -
A cruel place
India was a country where people lived together with animals and respected their lives. All this has changed in the last 50 years. What can you say about a country whose government says, happily, that 52 per cent of our exports are meat, fish and leather?
February 24, 2019 -
Elephants: Good-natured giants
Other animals seeking to cross this Rubicon of parallel roads, such as chital or pig, just bolted across when they felt the coast was clear, but the elephants went about things very deliberately.
December 2, 2018 -
Tolerant tigers
The old saying that two tigers cannot share a hill does not hold at Kanha National Park.
November 11, 2018 -
Killing the keeper
It does not matter which discredited industrialist’s interest Avni’s death was meant to serve but by allowing a humungous14,000 square kilometers of green cover to be shorn off over the last 30 years, India has clearly demonstrated the status of its commitment to the natural environment.
November 11, 2018 -
Meat causes global warming
Meat is consumed on a massive scale across the world, with billions of animals killed every year.
October 13, 2018 -
The rapidly growing sector
With an increase in demand for veterinarians in various places, Veterinary science has become a popular choice among medical aspirants.
October 5, 2018 -
Why you should feed birds, animals and Brahmins during Pitri Paksha
If birds and animals eat the offering, it is indication that the departed soul is happy.
September 30, 2018 -
Feline facts
Cats do not hunt, eat or sleep in groups like dogs. They mark territories and avoid each other whenever possible. They have no systems for deciding face-to-face disputes. So, to avoid them, they communicate indirectly by leaving messages-one of which is urine marking.
September 2, 2018 -
Uttarakhand High Court declares animals as ‘legal entity’
The Uttarakhand High Court has declared the animal kingdom, including birds and aquatic animals, legal persons with distinct persona and corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person.
July 5, 2018 -
Whose health is it?
Why are we wasting billions of rupees killing millions of animals in testing when it isn’t leading to any medical advancement?
June 24, 2018