100 dangerous viruses detected in China’s fur animals, nearly 40 could affect humansAnimal Fur Virus in China: A new study reveals that animals in Chinese fur farms are hosting dozens of viruses, including 36 newly discover...
05 Sep, 2024, 12.56 PM IST
Live & let live should be the only dogmaIf anyone needs proof that dogs are not inherently dangerous but forced to be so by training or circumstances, it is this. There are so-cal...
13 Apr, 2024, 12.28 AM IST
South Korea parliament passes bill banning dog meat tradeThe National Assembly passed the bill by a 208-0 vote. It will come into effect after a three-year grace period and after it receives final...
09 Jan, 2024, 01.12 PM IST
Pets not disposable commodities; fine for abandoning animals should rise from Rs 50Abandoning pets, especially dogs and cats, is a punishable offense under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960 in India. However, t...
29 Sep, 2023, 01.58 AM IST
Rat Wars: Washington recruits dogs and cats to battle rat invasionThe delightful weather of June attracts revellers to Washington DC's vibrant Adams Morgan neighbourhood due to its buzzing nightlife and cu...
19 Jun, 2023, 05.27 PM IST
The Great Indian Bustard: Once in the race to become national bird, now struggling for existenceLocally called ‘godawan’, the great Indian bustard (GIB) has been categorised as critically endangered by the International Union for Conse...
08 Oct, 2022, 11.28 PM IST
Dog attack cases: After Kanpur, Panchkula municipal body bans pitbull, rottweiler dog breeds as petsPitbulls are commonly bred to be used in illegal fighting or kept on heavy chains as attack dogs, resulting in a lifetime of suffering.
29 Sep, 2022, 10.06 PM IST
Kanpur bans rearing of pitbull, rottweiler dog breeds within city limitsResolution passed by Kanpur Municipal Corporation said anyone found rearing either of the two breeds will be fined up to Rs 5,000 and their...
28 Sep, 2022, 06.04 PM IST
Meet Willow, the newest addition to the Biden familyThe green-eyed canine joins long and varied line of White House pets.
29 Jan, 2022, 05.10 PM IST
First Dogs: With Joe Biden pets will be back in the White HouseFor the first time in decades, there were no Presidential pets and in this, as in so many other ways, Biden’s two dogs represent a return t...
13 Nov, 2020, 11.24 PM IST
Meet Pistachio, the puppy with green furThe tiny dog, immediately named Pistachio, was part of a five-dog litter.
22 Oct, 2020, 06.00 PM IST
Great Indian cattle count: An inside storyAn army of veterinary doctors and para-veterinary officials are using tablets to conduct livestock census.
27 Jan, 2019, 10.15 AM IST
How politicians have long used animals to connect with people, or to make a pointEven Mahatma Gandhi, who felt keeping pets was a distraction – “you cannot serve man and dogs at the same time and therefore dogs should no...
08 Sep, 2017, 11.31 PM IST
- Stray dogs, pesticides killing teetar & bater populace
Increasing number of stray dogs, excessive uses of pesticides and chemicals in farming and loss of habitat have emerged as a major reason f...
18 May, 2015, 01.57 PM IST
Great Indian Bustard declared 'critically endangered'In its Red List of 2013 announced recently by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) has...
10 Nov, 2014, 03.07 PM IST
- Illegal sand mining killing ghariyals
Illegal sand mining is posing biggest threat to last of the wild and breeding ghariyals left.
07 Mar, 2014, 06.31 PM IST
- Dog breeding is a booming business
Having a German shepherd is a big deal than having a Mercedes Benz; it is the hot business roping up.
19 Nov, 2006, 12.40 AM IST