Captive elephants ownership: PETA sends legal notice to Kerala govt
Thiruvananthapuram , PTI
Kerala government had allowed the state Chief Wildlife Warden to give ownership certificates of illegally captive elephants.
India has sent a legal notice to the Kerala government seeking withdrawal of its February 26 order allowing the state Chief Wildlife Warden to give ownership certificates for 289 illegally held captive elephants.
Through this order, the Chief Wildlife Warden provides an opportunity to people keeping captive elephants in illegal custody to be issued ownership certificates, PETA said in a statement here …
Daily News & Analysis – March 28, 2016 at 07:41 PM
www.dnaindia.com/india/report-…
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A big deal for our ocean
Blogpost by Magnus Eckeskog
Magnus Eckeskog is an oceans campaigner with Greenpeace Nordic
Today governments from all over the world will meet at the United Nations in New York to develop a new treaty to save our oceans. We will be there ( www.greenpeace.org/internation… ) to ensure clear rules for the creation …
Greenpeace International (blog) – March 28, 2016 at 09:15 AM)
www.greenpeace.org/internation…
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Judge Clears Way for Rhino Trophy Imports
By REBEKAH KEARN
(CN) – A federal judge has sidelined a challenge to permits that green-lights trophy imports of endangered black rhinoceroses hunted in Namibia.
“The court recognizes plaintiffs’ sincere commitment to the preservation of endangered animals, and this ruling does not suggest that there is no relationship between the importation of trophies of endangered animals and protecting these species,” U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson wrote in Washington, D.C.
“But the relationship between the particular permits challenged here, which authorize the import of spoils of hunts that were entirely within Namibia’s control, and plaintiffs’ feared diminished enjoyment of black rhinoceros in Namibia in the future is too attenuated to confer standing on plaintiffs,” Jackson added …
Courthouse News Service – Monday, March 28, 2016 – Last Update: 07:35 AM PT
www.courthousenews.com/2016/03…
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