Cow Hug Day: Netizens react after Animal Welfare’s Valentine’s day appealAccording to officials, the Animal Welfare Board of India has asked people to celebrate 'Cow Hug Day' on February 14 in order to spread pos...
MPs nominated to animal welfare board to be exempt for office of profit provisions: Parliamentary panelThe Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying informed the committee that the parliamentarians elected or nominated to the AWBI ...
PETA moves court seeking ban on elephant 'joy rides' at Jaipur's Amer FortPeople for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India has filed a petition before the Rajasthan high court seeking an end to the elephant jo...
Plea in Supreme Court seeking rejection of AWBI application on JallikattuA bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra which allowed filing of interim applications said all matters pertaining to Jallikattu will be heard ...
Animal cruelty on TV bannedThe Cable Television Networks Rules, 1994 have been amended to ban the screening of any content that depicts cruelty or violence towards an...
Animal Welfare Board budget slashed drastically over yearsAn analysis of the ministry's budget allocations to AWBI shows drastic cuts in recent years, falling from Rs 26.7 crore in 2012-13 to Rs 11...
Animal Welfare Board gives Prakash Javadekar dos & don’ts list on cullingAnimal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has written a strongly worded letter to Javadekar led ministry objecting to the ‘extreme action’ again...
Nilgai culling: After Maneka Gandhi's outburst, AWBI takes issue up with environment ministryAWBI has stepped in to take up the issue officially with the ministry, following an outburst by women and child development minister Maneka...
PETA files petition in SC, demands notification on Jallikattu be 'struck down'PETA India further claimed that along with these, individual petitioners Sowmya Reddy, Radha Rajan and Gauri Maulekhi have also filed their...
Pamela Anderson asks CM not to use elephants for Ker festivalAnderson's email to Chandy comes in the wake of an Animal Welfare Board of India's (AWBI) advisory telling Kerala officials to leave live e...
- Kalyana Sundaram appointed as Animal Welfare Board Secretary
The Chennai-headquartered, AWBI is a statutory advisory body on Animal Welfare Laws and promotes animal welfare.
Elephants still being subjected to torture in circuses: PetaReacting to the allegations, AWBI asserted it is in the process of deregistering existing elephants at circuses and no new elephant has bee...
- Animal board disallows use of elephants in circuses
The investigation was conducted by a team including representatives from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India and and a...
Animal welfare board of India bats for shark finning banIndia's Animal Welfare Board Encourages Shark Protection Policy. Coastal state fishermen should land sharks 'fins naturally attached'
States told to not grant permission for dolphinariumsA high-level environment ministry panel has asked the state governments not to grant permission for dolphinariums after animal rights organ...
- Vodafone denies cruelty to mascot pug
A spokesman of mobile telephony major Vodafone denied charges of cruelty to its mascot pug. The charges had been levelled by the Animal Wel...
- SBI Cards asked to withdraw 'Golden Egg' ad
SBI Cards, a major player in credit card business space, has been asked to withdraw its 'Golden Egg' TV commercial by the Animal Welfare Bo...