In recent years, major news outlets have started taking note of the animal movement, and including coverage of animal rights, welfare, and conservation issues on a daily basis. Check out our curated selection of top stories from around the world, updated every day.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years, 11 months ago
After jallikattu, Shiv Sena reportedly threatens to protest against ban on bullock cart racingIn Assam, people are believed to be speaking up against the restriction on organising bulbul fights during the Bhogali Bihu harvest festival.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years, 11 months ago
To reduce Tamil identity to Jallikattu is both farcical and tragicTo reduce Tamil identity to Jallikattu is as farcical and tragic as the ongoing attempt to reduce Indian identity to the worship of the flag.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years, 11 months ago
Our Festivals Are Not Sanctions To Cause Pain And SufferingCruelty to animals in the antithesis of Indian culture.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years, 11 months ago
https://www.durrell.org/latest/news/durrell-says-farewell-to-fali-the-gentle-lemur/
Durrell says farewell to Fali the gentle lemur | Durrell Wildlife Conservation TrustDurrell Wildlife Conservation Trust - Saving Endangered Animals from Extinction Worldwide
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years, 11 months ago
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years, 11 months ago
Jallikattu Returns As Tamil Nadu Governor Approves Ordinance: 10 UpdatesAfter a three year long ban, Jallikattu will finally be held across Tamil Nadu today. Governor Vidyasagar Rao has approved an executive order or ordinance by the state government which will allow the bull-taming sport to be he Read more...
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years, 11 months ago
Jallikattu ban: Peta receives abusive calls, threat of rape; says fight for animal rights will continueBesides the anti-Peta sloganeering and posters, the animal rights NGO has been facing abusive and threatening phone calls including that of rape to its CEO Poorva Joshipura, claims Peta India's director Dr V Manilal. Edited excerpts from an interview
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years, 11 months ago
After jallikattu protests win ordinance, Karnataka, Maharashtra want cattle racing bans to goWith the Tamil Nadu state government promulgating an Ordinance to conduct the bull sport jallikattu amidst wide-spread agitations across the state, a similar movement seems to be brewing in the neighbouring state of Karnataka.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years, 11 months ago
Not just Jallikattu: Trouble brews when culture clashes with the lawIs the protest against the Jallikattu ban in Tamil Nadu symbolic of the larger, age-old clash between the law and tradition?
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years, 11 months ago
http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/bulls-in-her-backyard/article6966098.ece
Bulls in her backyardMeet Soundaram Ramasamy, the only woman bull keeper in Kangeyam, Tamil Nadu.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years, 11 months ago
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years, 11 months ago2 dead, 129 injured during jallikattu in Tamil Nadu - Times of IndiaTwo bull tamers died and 129 others suffered injuries during a jallikattu event at Rapoosal village in Tamil Nadu's Pudukkottai district on Sunday afternoon.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years, 11 months ago
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20161026-the-secret-of-how-life-on-earth-began?ocid=fbert
The secret of how life on Earth beganToday life has conquered every square inch of Earth, but when the planet formed it was a dead rock. How did life get started?
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years, 11 months ago
Jallikattu from the animal’s perspective: Adhere to apex court’s normsThose backing Jallikattu must ensure that they to adhere to five freedoms for the bull involved. These include freedom from hunger and thirst, freedom from pain, injury and...
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years, 11 months ago
Jallikattu ordinance results in similar demands for animal sports from all over IndiaWhile, the anti-Jallikattu camp is accused of cherrypicking their fight and singalling out Tamil culture, we decided to look at similar sports practiced across the country in the name of religion that are opposed by animal rights activists.
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years, 11 months ago
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years, 11 months ago
Tamil Nadu ordinance to permit jallikattu: an explainerThe answers for all your questions pertaining to the jallikattu ordinance
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years, 11 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/19/if-you-were-an-elephant-
If you were an elephant …… the world would be a brighter, smellier, noisier place – and you would be a better, wiser, kinder person. The author of Being a Beast explains all
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years, 11 months ago
Jallikattu Protests Turn Violent, Chennai's IT Corridor Blocked: 10 DevelopmentsProtests in support of bull-taming festival Jallikattu in Tamil Nadu turned violent today as the police physically removed thousands of protesters at Chennai's Marina Beach, in Madurai and in Coimb Read more...
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Anita Mayangpuspa posted an update 8 years, 11 months ago
Jallikattu ‘legal’, other states ramp up pressure for their outlawed sportsCommunities across the country are demanding legal cover for their own traditional outlawed celebrations.
