Man dies of anthrax in Russia
August 27th, 2012 - 9:47 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 27 (IANS) A man has died of anthrax in Russia's Siberia region after being infected when he handled the carcass of a sick cow, RIA Novosti reported Monday.The ... Read more...
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Kolkata fortified for Hillary visit
May 6th, 2012 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) Tight security was in place as US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton arrived in Kolkata Sunday, with even outbound and incoming flights from the Netaji ... Read more...
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Screen ‘Kitty Porn’ in Karnataka assembly, says PETA
February 27th, 2012 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Animal rights organisation PETA Monday wrote a letter to the Karnataka assembly speaker urging him to screen "Kitty Porn" video in the house, to garner ... Read more...
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Agra battles stray dogs
January 22nd, 2012 - 4:17 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Jan 22 (IANS) After battling bovine and simian threats to tourists, authorities in the Taj Mahal city have declared war on stray dogs.Dogs have bitten many tourists not only ... Read more...
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Why Taj city is raising a stink
November 22nd, 2011 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Nov 22 (IANS) Tourists coming to Agra these days are not just taking away with them memories of one of the most breathtaking monuments but also the foul smell ... Read more...
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Ukraine minister calls for end to stray animals’ killing
November 18th, 2011 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kiev, Nov 18 (IANS) A Ukraine minister has called for an end to stray animals' killing ahead of the Euro 2012 Soccer Championship.Stray animals, especially dogs, are a big problem ... Read more...
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Moscow to spend $76 million on stray dogs
October 5th, 2011 - 10:39 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Oct 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian authorities are set to allocate over 2.5 billion rubles ($76 million) to care for stray dogs and cats in Moscow over the next three ... Read more...
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Special art mugs to rescue of stray animals
July 13th, 2011 - 10:02 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Want to raise a toast to stray animals? Do it with a porcelain mug carrying designs drawn from 50 top Indian artists.Animal rights organisation People ... Read more...
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Vrindavan cleaning drive rides on corporate support (With Images)
April 21st, 2011 - 3:56 pm ICT by IANS
Vrindavan (Uttar Pradesh), April 21 (IANS) Support is being mobilised to clean up the holy town of Vrindavan, which is living in perpetual fear of being deluged with garbage and ... Read more...
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Anger, concern after dog bites at Fatehpuri Sikri (Lead)
March 24th, 2011 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
Fatehpur Sikri (Uttar Pradesh), March 24 (IANS) Two women tourists, an American and an Iranian, were attacked by a rabid dog at the 16th century Mughal capital of emperor Akbar ... Read more...
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Mad dog bites foreign tourists at Fatehpur Sikri
March 24th, 2011 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Fatehpur Sikri (Uttar Pradesh), March 24 (IANS) Two female foreign tourists were attacked by a mad dog at Mughal emperor Akbar's erstwhile capital at Fatehpur Sikri near Agra, causing worry ... Read more...
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Video shows Chinese man skinning dog on roadside
February 16th, 2011 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, Feb 16 (IANS) A video has been posted on Chinese websites that shows a man using a knife to skin a golden retriever dog on a busy street in Shanghai, which ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
China’s Amazon causes outrage for selling items made from cat, dog skin
December 23rd, 2010 - 3:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 23 (ANI): China's largest retail website has sparked outrage among animal lovers after it offered thousands of products made from the skins of cats and dogs.Upon searching the website, Taobao.com, ... Read more...
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Justin Bieber supports new PETA campaign
December 16th, 2010 - 5:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 16 (ANI): Justin Bieber has backed a new campaign for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) by urging fans to adopt abandoned pets from shelters.'The Baby' hitmaker has ... Read more...
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Debasree Roy toils to make Kolkata a better place for stray animals
August 28th, 2010 - 11:00 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
August 28, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Debasree Roy is well known in the Bengali film industry for her charitable deeds. Now she has adopted 15 dogs and regularly provides them with special meals ... Read more...
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Rani lends hand to actress aunt to save stray animals
August 13th, 2010 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 13 (IANS) Bollywood actress Rani Mukherjee Friday lent a helping hand to her actress aunt Debasree Roy to save stray dogs in the city.
The Bollywood beauty was in town ... Read more...
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Dressed as condoms to campaign on animal birth control
February 11th, 2010 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Their aim was to raise awareness about animal birth control, and dressed up as giant condoms in the heart of the city Thursday activists of the People ... Read more...
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Court permits separate zones, timings for feeding stray dogs
February 4th, 2010 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday gave a green signal to the Animal Welfare Board of India to allocate separate zones and specific timings to feed the stray ... Read more...
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Andre Bauer speaks his mind on welfare for the poor & animals
January 26th, 2010 - 11:47 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Carolina, Jan 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) South Carolina’s lieutenant governor Andre Bauer spoke his mind on the topic of welfare for the poor and the stray animals. His thoughts were quite outrageous as ... Read more...
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A helpline to report stray cattle in Chandigarh
December 20th, 2009 - 5:17 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 20 (IANS) In Chandigarh, you can now complain about stray cattle on the roads to a helpline number.
"In the wake of increasing number of road accidents involving stray cattle, ... Read more...
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Now separate zones to feed stray dogs in the city
December 18th, 2009 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Good news for all animal lovers as the Delhi High Court Friday ordered setting up separate zones in the capital where people can go and feed stray ... Read more...
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Pets peeve Delhi civic agency, licensing policy soon
November 4th, 2009 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) With increasing mumber of abandoned pets and complaints of unregulated pet shops in the national capital, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi Wednesday took a stand to form ... Read more...
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Farmers march bulls and cows for protest to draw authorities’ attention in Orissa
October 24th, 2009 - 10:09 pm ICT by ANI
Jagatsingpur (Orissa), Oct.24 (ANI) : A group of farmers in Orissa staged a unique protest by marching around 30 cows and bulls to the Block Development Officer's (BDO) office on Saturday to ... Read more...
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Dozens of villages in coastal Andhra still submerged
October 7th, 2009 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 7 (IANS) Dozens of villages in coastal Andhra Pradesh remained inundated Wednesday after the Krishna river breached its embankment even though the overall flood situation improved as floodwaters in the ... Read more...
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MCD discusses capital’s stray cattle menace
July 31st, 2009 - 10:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Councillors in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi Friday questioned the agency's methods of catching stray cattle from the capital's roads and also set up a committee to ... Read more...
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MCD fined Rs.1 mn for death by stray cattle
July 4th, 2009 - 4:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to pay over Rs.1 million as compensation to a woman whose husband was killed by ... Read more...
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Medicos asked to vacate hostel for feeding stray dogs
June 23rd, 2009 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 23 (IANS) Women post-graduate students of the Motilal Nehru Medical College in Allahabad were Tuesday ordered to vacate their hostel after the administration found them feeding stray dogs in the ... Read more...
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Rihanna makes Brown rescue animals to mend his mottled image
March 7th, 2009 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 06 (ANI): Singer Rihanna is keen to mend Browns image after he allegedly attacked her, as she is making him rescue stray animals in a bid to make people ... Read more...
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Agra woman dies while escaping from monkeys
January 20th, 2009 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Jan 20 (IANS) A young housewife died when she fell off the terrace of a three-storey building here after being attacked by monkeys but a baby she was holding had a ... Read more...
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Traders, campaigners welcome ban on plastic bags in Delhi
January 16th, 2009 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Traders and green campaigners have welcomed the imposition of a ban on the use, sale and storage of plastic bags by the Delhi government, with many calling ... Read more...
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Skkims stray dogs getting humane treatment
October 8th, 2008 - 7:54 pm ICT by ANI
By Tashi Pradhan
Gangtok, Oct.8 (ANI): A group of animal lovers including veterinarians from Australia and the US have volunteered to take care of stray dogs under the SARAH (Sikkim Anti-Rabies and ... Read more...
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Gazzas new girl likes stray animals
September 29th, 2008 - 5:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 29 (ANI): Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne aka Gazza has got the right girl and his new love likes helping stray animals.Sally Mulholland, 44, helped raise cash for ... Read more...
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120,000 saplings planted in Himachal Pradesh
August 3rd, 2008 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 3 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh government Sunday carried out the statewide Jan-Jan Sanjivni Van Abhiyaan, under which at least one member of the targeted 120,000 rural and urban families planted ... Read more...
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British couple wants to renovate Orwell’s Bihar house
April 25th, 2008 - 12:14 pm ICT by admin
Patna, April 25 (IANS) A British couple has offered to renovate the ancestral Bihar house of George Orwell - the legendary author of cult classics like "Animal Farm" and "1984" - and ... Read more...
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Animals on runway, it’s usual in India
March 28th, 2008 - 10:12 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Stray animals on the runways are fast turning into a major safety nightmare in most airports across the country as Thursday night's incident of a Kingfisher Airlines ... Read more...
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