Millions of Baby Shark Bath Toys recalled due to injury risk, CPSC announcesThe CPSC has specifically recalled Baby Shark and Mini Baby Shark Bath Toys featuring hard plastic top fins, manufactured by Zuru.
Steven Spielberg expresses regret over potentially harming shark by popular movie Jaws. Know moreAmerican director Steven Spielberg expresses his guilt over the harm done to the sharks during the shooting of the superhit thriller movie ...
India ranks second on list of shark fishing nations: WWFWWF India said under India's Wildlife Protection Act of India 1972, of the 88 shark species found in Indian waters, four have been listed a...
Jet Airways bags Henry Spira Humane Corporate Progress AwardJet Airways is the only Indian company to receive '2014 Henry Spira Humane Corporate Progress Award' from the Humane Society International.
- SSB gets a leadership in animal welfare award for prohibiting smuggling of animals to Nepal during Gadhimai festival
The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), paramilitary force deployed along Indo-Nepal border, on Wednesday got a ‘leadership in animal welfare award’...
Revoke shark fin export ban, say seafood companiesMeat is salted and dried for sale, while the liver is used to make shark liver oil that has a high demand in pharmaceutical and cosmetic in...
Government fixes minimum import price for cardamom at Rs 500/kgResearch has shown India is the world's second-largest shark catching nation and one of the world's largest exporters of shark fins.z
- Jet Airways bans shipment of shark fins: Humane Society International
Jet Airways has banned shipment of shark fins, joining a growing number of major international carriers committed to protecting declining s...
- Activists pin hopes on new shark fin policy to curb poaching
Hundreds of sharks are being hunted for their fins which are used in the preparation of the Chinese delicacy shark fin soup.
- Government issues new guidelines to protect sharks
The ministry of environment and forests has issued a 'fins naturally attached' policy requiring fisheries to land sharks in coastal states ...
Exotic shark fins soup industry comes under environment ministry's radarUnion environment ministry has prohibited “the removal of shark fins on board a vessel in the sea” so that the law enforcers can monitor il...
MoEF approves policy to prohibit removal of shark finsIn a bid to stop trade of shark parts, the MoEF has approved a policy which will prohibit removal of their fins for use in exotic soups.
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'
- Indian fishermen oppose the cruel practice of shark 'finning'
The Association of Deep Sea Going Artisanal Fishermen (DSGAF) has urged the union ministry of environment and forests to take action agains...
Government urged to adopt a 'fins naturally attached' policyShark finning involves the removal of fins from live sharks and subsequent disposal of the animals back into the ocean.
- HSI urges govt to support CITES to protect shark and ray species
"India plays an important role in global shark management and conservation as India ranks as the world's second country for catching the mo...
- Asian demand behind falling shark populations
Asian demand for shark fin soup is pushing the animal's population in the wild to new lows, the Australian government and a wildlife trade ...