Animal Protection

We submitted the chargesheet in a case started with Ramna police. He is charged with possession of an illegal firearm, said Mizanur Rahman Bhuiyan, assistant director of RAB headquarters. Samrat, the former president of Jubo Leagues Dhaka South unit, came un…

ON BOARD THE ARCTIC SUNRISE, South Africa: Far out in the South Atlantic Ocean, invisible to the South African coastline, diver Pascal Van Erp surfaced with an abandoned lobster cage covered in algae and other marine organisms. He pulled it up to the deck of…

The Queen has officially stopped wearing real fur. For the first time in her 67-year reign, Her Majesty will swap out real fur for fake alternatives, her dressmaker has confirmed. “If Her Majesty is due to attend an engagement…

Two pairs of dusty, pastel-orange roller skates. A ram's skull. Several meters of tangled, bright red rope. They aren't the sort of items you'd find in the great fashion houses of Europe or on North American catwalks. But, for unconventional Chinese designer…

"Remember, remember, the 5th of November…" the old rhyme starts, telling us the story of a man called Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder treason plot that "should never be forgot".  And 414 years after Fawkes and some accomplices tried to blow up England's King Ja…

Senate Spending Bill Includes Major Animal Wellness Victories, but $35 Million in Funding for Mass Removals of Wild Horses and Burros Approved This week, the U.S. Senate passed a multi-agency spending bill, including funding for the Agriculture, Interior, Ju…

The treatment of horses transported overseas for slaughter and human consumption is at the heart of a two-day Federal Court trial which kicked off in Vancouver Wednesday. The Canadian Horse Defence Coalition claims the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) …

Months after it was boxed into a corner by the court and a charity ending its historic role, Ontario has finally come out with a plan to protect animals. The government introduced legislation on Tuesday that brings the entire animal welfare system under prov…

The rule of the people has the fairest name of all, isonomia, and does none of the things that a monarch does. The lot determines offices, power is held accountable, and deliberation is conducted in public. — Herodotus In Athenian democracy, sortition was us…

The Delhi High Court has been informed by the government that draft guidelines for regulating breeding and transportation of poultry have been framed by a government-appointed committee after consulting all stakeholders. The Centres submission came when the …