Legal notice to government to enforce ban on animal dissections

Vijay Singh, TNN

MUMBAI: On behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India, the New Delhi-based law firm Raj Panjwani & Co has sent a legal notice to the ministry of health and family welfare, the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), the University Grants Commission (UGC), the Pharmacy Council of India (timesofindia.indiatimes.com/to…) and the Medical Council of India, instructing them to implement the government-directed ban on dissection and experiments on animals in life-science courses and to use modern, non-animal teaching methods instead …

Times of India – Jun 14, 2013, 06.25 PM IST
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Rise of the anti-rhino poaching drones

Written by Joanne Carew, ITWeb

As poaching incidents continue to rise, conservationists look to smart technologies to save the planet’s wildlife.

Adam Rosman spent much of March in the Hluhluwe Imfolozi Park, in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). Unlike a conventional tourist, Rosman wasn’t searching for the big five from the back of a game-viewing vehicle – he was scouting for poachers using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones …

defenceWeb – Friday, 14 June 2013 15:12
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Rare whale shark caught, cut and sold in Karachi

KARACHI: Local fishermen, after catching a 5.4-metre-long whale shark along Makran Coast, cut it into pieces and sold it at Karachi Fish Harbour before the authorities could reach, officials of WWF-Pakistan told our sources.

Officials said the whale shark was caught off Karachi waters in a bottom set gillnet near Phor in the Sonmiani Bay. Technical Advisor (Marine Fisheries) WWF-Pakistan Muhammad Moazzam Khan said fishermen illegally catch these animals and no authority has so far taken action against the violators …

PakTribune.com – 14 June, 2013
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