Courtesy FIAPO: Chennai becomes the first municipality to support an ABC prg for cats

Courtesy FIAPO: Chennai becomes the first municipality to support an ABC programme for cats‏

Dear friends,

I am delighted to inform you that Chennai has become the first municipality (Corporation) in India - and, I may add, one of the very few in the world - to have taken up trap-neuter/spay-and release of street and feral cats.

What Mr.Abul Hassan did for the dogs of India is being now done by Mr. Rajesh Lakhoni, IAS, Commissioner of the Chennai Corporation for cats. While the dog programme has been funded by the Blue Cross, with occassional funding for a few years from the AWBI in the past, this will be funded by the Corporation to the extent of Rs.500 per cat. While this will not cover our total costs - cats are difficult to trap and most trips end up with just one or two cats trapped - this will be a trend-setting programme for the rest of the country. Cats have not been a major issue in Chennai because the Blue Cross has always done both cats and dogs but with the number of dogs having come down drastically due to the success of the ABC programme, more cats are being noticed than ever before.

Chennai led the way in ABC by stopping the barbaric electrocution of dogs in 1996, five years before the Dog Control (ABC) Rules of 2001 became law. Once again, Chennai leads the rest of the country by this progressive measure.

Our congratulations to the Chennai Corporation and especially its Mayor and its Commissioner, for this far-sighted act. We are most happy that the initiative for this came from the Commissioner himself.

S. Chinny Krishna Chairman - Blue Cross of India

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"The hands that help are holier than the lips that pray"

Courtesy AAPN: Want a pet? Get licence first

Courtesy AAPN: Want a pet? Get licence first

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Want-a-pet-Get-licence-first/Article1-540813.aspx

> Want a pet? Get licence first
>
> Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times
> Email Author
> New Delhi, May 08, 2010
>
> Very soon, you will need a license to own a pet, whose well-being will be
> regularly inspected by government officials. If your pet is found to be in
> bad health, the officials will have powers to confiscate them.
>
> In the new draft rules for pet shops, the environment ministry has made
> license for each species of pet mandatory and allowed sale of only
> sterilised pets, except where a veterinary doctor allows. “The license will
> be valid only for 12 months,” the rules said.
>
> However, the pet owner would be able to obtain the license directly from
> the local authorities or with the help of the pet shop owners, who will have
> to take a license to operate. Government officials will have the right to
> inspect the pets at regular intervals.
>
> “It is a positive step,” said Poorva Joshipura, chief of People for Ethical
> Treatment of Animals India, in an email response to HT.
>
> The rules, to be implemented jointly by local municipal bodies and Animal
> Welfare Board of India, prescribe air-conditioned living for pets up for
> sale. “The ambient temperature for animal dwelling are shall remain between
> 25-30°C and humidity below 50 per cent,” the draft rules notified for
> inviting objections this week said.
>
> That’s not all. The rules prescribe standards of living for different
> species of animals and birds and the level of hygiene the shop owners will
> have to wait. A minimum of 24 sq feet area will have to be demarcated for a
> large dog and 12 sq feet for a large cat. Rules also cover the food that
> each species should get daily. Each pet shop will have to employ a doctor.
>
> The rules also prohibit pet shops near butcher shops and require labelling
> on the health of the animals or birds for sale.

G. Moon
Founder of moonbears.org

SEL: (82)10 4735 0363
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SYD: (61)2 9252 2036

In harmony for no harm

Inauguration of SuKe Pet Clinic:23rd May 2010 at 11am in B'lore

Dear Animal/Pet lovers

If you were and/or are still looking for a Pet Clinic where you can trust that your beloved pet will be truly cared for & looked well after, then SuKe Pet Clinic is THE place. Set up & managed by my dear & wonderful friends Kelly Johson & Sujaya Jagadish, these two fervent & sincere animal lovers will ensure that animals come first in their Pet Clinic.

Thanks for helping to spread the word about this wonderful endeavour of my friends:-)!

Please give them all the support they deserve:-)! Thanks a million:-)

Jai Ho to animals!

Yasmine

Inauguration

You are cordially invited to participate in the Grand Opening function of

SuKe Pet Clinic

at 11 am on Sunday 23 May 2010

392, 16^th Cross CQAL Layout, Sahakarnagar, Bengaluru 560 092

Our clinic is designed to offer: General medical care & Consultancy; Vaccination & follow-up; Clinical and emergency surgeries – Major & Minor; Dental prophylaxis; Blood transfusion procedures; Laboratory diagnostic procedures ; In-patient facility (limited); Birth control surgery (ABC); Boarding facility (limited); Day care facility (limited); Grooming facility with medicated baths; Mini store with pet foods, prescription diets, shampoos, & more.

Clinic Number: +91 80 4222 9351

RSVP: Kelly Johnson: +91 98803 71833 Sujaya Jagadish: + 91 98451 93057

Medical kit for treating stray dogs on the spot

Dear Animal lovers,

I would like to share this useful info which I've received via fb (thanks a million Charu Shah:-) for sharing this info:-)!

This medical kit can help you to treat stray dogs on the spot. These are small medicines that will fit easily into a purse, but when need comes can save a life!

1. ivermectin tablet (strength 6 mg)- this is very effective in case of a maggot wound,. if the dog is friendly, then crush the tablet, and dab the powder on the wound to cover it completely, and then apply some cream like soframycin or acrilin to prevent the powder from falling off. this is very effective and maggots are killed next day (only in cases of severe infections, u need to apply it again)
incase the dog is not friendly and dosent allow u to go near, this tablet can also be crushed and mixed in milk and given orally. it can be repeated next day (i dont prefer oral medication if external works). it is much better than chloroform which is difficult to carry and burns like hell! i have used this in small quantities on 1 month old pups with maggots and they got better in 2 days!

2. acrilin ointment- it is a cream like burnol or soframycin, which is really good for healing wounds. u can apply it on wounds and they will heal faster

3. tincture iodine (red liquid)- this is a human medicine, but works really well in healing wound on animals also. it can be applied with help of cotton, and then acrilin can b applied on open wounds. it is also useful to kill ticks. if a drop is put where the tick is, it will fall off after 2 days, and this medicine is not harmful if ingested orally also.

4. neosporin powder- this is a dry powder which can be sprinkled on wounds which are wet. if the dog dosent allow u to touch and apply cream, then u can spray this powder from top and it will help to dry the wound.

5. topicure spray- its a spray which heals and also kills maggots. u can spray it on dogs who allow you to touch them, as most of the dogs will run away when they smell it.

6. saheli- this is an ayurvedic contraceptive which i use on female dogs in heat. this was suggested to me by my vet, and i have used it quite often. this, when given at an interval of 48/72 hours, will not get the dog pregnant and is very good in case u see a female in heat and dont want to let it have pups. no harm in popping 1 pill into the dog even if u are just passing by, who knows u may prevent a litter! use this only as a temporary option, it is not a permanent solution. it is not to be used for longer periods, but if u cant get the dog operated immediately, this medicine will prevent a litter. the female dog shud b operated after 15/20 days after the heat period is over.

7. arnica (strenght 30)- this is a homeopathy medicine and very useful for pains. it is a pain killer and keeps the dog little better. it sometimes helps in healing wounds which are not externally visible and are painful.

Yasmine

Courtesy FIAPO: Shooting of dogs in the Renigunta airport (Tirupathi)

Courtesy FIAPO: Shooting of dogs in the Renigunta airport‏

I have just returned from Tirupathi. As you may be aware, Renigunta serves as the airport for Tirupathi.

At my request, Dr. Srikanth Babu, Chairman of Animal Care Land (ACL) based at Tirupathi had visited Renigunta airport and met Mr. Raman, Airport Manager.

Though Mr. Raman professes ignorance regarding the killing of dogs in the airport, enquiries made make it abundantly clear that outsiders were indeed hired by the airport authorities to shoot the dogs and at least four dogs were killed last week. ACL have not been able to find the bodies.

This week, ACL after several visits to the airport were taken in to the operational areas under escort and managed to catch four dogs and there do not seem to be any more which have entered the operational areas.

ACL will spay/neuter and vaccinate these dogs but they will not be returned to the airport area since they may reenter the operational areas and pose a safety hazard to the aircraft.

In the meantime, I would request the AWBI to send a very strong letter warning the airport authorities that any repetition of such killing will lead to prosecution. The Municipal authorities in Renigunta, Tirupathi and its environs have been workinh with ACL for upto eight years on the ABC programme and it has been a major success story in this regard. There can be no excuse for Mr. Mohan's barbaric response when ACL is just a call away.

S. Chinny Krishna

FIAPO

Please help finding lost Lily in Dehradun (Uttarakhand)!

Dear Pet lovers

Please help finding lost Lily in Dehradun (Uttarakhand)!!!

Lily, 7 yrs old ,Indian female has been missing from her home since a week .

Her owners are worried to death over Lily. Please pass on this information to your friends & acquaintances in Dehradun . May be through us Lily is re-united with her family.

If anyone has an relevant info. on Lily , please call, on any of the following nos. 09719256131,09411114136 , 09837439444 or mail anubha.a.pundir@gmail.com .

Many thanks,

Yasmine

Courtesy Ruchi Nadkarni: Horse vaccination camp in Panchgini:Volunteers required!

Courtesy Ruchi Nadkarni:

Horse vaccination camp in Panchgini (18th-19th May '10): Volunteers required!

Hey all,
As mentioned before..Roxanne Davur of terra anima is carrying out a vaccination drive for the horses in Panchgini and also a check up on them. Horses that will not be checked up or vaccinated will be fined by the local police. Roxanne is one woman who's going to be dealing with the horse owners which will lead to a lot of egos flying around, She needs more hands, more people to back her and more minds to understand, What shes doing is unbelievable for these babies , as no one even cared to give them a second look, old horses are put down or left in the jungles , overloaded etc. She fighting for this,

All those on Summer Breaks and other such can join in this endeavour, I will unfortunately be out of town, but will be present for the next camp.

The camp is on the 18th and 19th of May in Panchgini.

FOR MORE DETAILS CALL ROXANNE - 9623081987

Courtesy FIAPO (on behalf of IDA): Help us help animals

Courtesy FIAPO: Help us help Animals (on behalf of idaindia.org)‏

Dear IDA People, As you all know, at IDA, we are doing essential community service by looking after, sterilizing and treating strays and many other types of animals all over the city and beyond. We do the above for free. Yet we have massive costs to cover. We need your help, to help us cover our costs, so that we can reach out to more animals. Following are some of the ways in which you can help us: 1. Help us place our donation box in nice strategic locations such as lifestyle stores, bookstores, pet clinics, pet shops etc. We can provide the required letters and you can help us by getting the permissions to place the box. 2. If you are working in an office with a strength of more than 500 employees, please get us permission to put our stall in the office premises. We have a nice 6ft x 6ft x 7ft stall, with attractive merchandise such as T-shirts, coasters, mugs, keychains, journals etc to sell. 3. If you are studying in a school/ college, you can let us know when your festival dates come up and get us permissions to put up our stall. 4. If you have a child and are arranging for her/his birthday party, you can order from our range of kiddie stuff as return gifts for the guests. It will be a unique and memorable return gift - not to forget the help you are lending to the animals. 5. If you want to gift a friend/ family something on their special day, you can choose to gift something from our wide range of merchandise or even sponsor one meal or one day's meal (2 meals a day) for our dogs at the centre. We require about 70kg of rice and 15kg of dal per meal for our 500+ dogs. The cost of one meal is approx. Rs. 3000 if you wish to pay cash instead. You can also choose to donate dog food instead of dal-rice. 6. As a special day gift to yourself or your family and friends, you can also choose to gift the love of one of our resident dogs. We have 2 programs for the same - 'Sponsor a Dog’ program or 'Guardian Angel’ Program. In the 'Sponsor a Dog' Program you can sponsor any of our 19 resident dogs on our website link http://idaindia.org/sponsor.htmfor a minimum of Rs.100 each per month. In our 'Guardian Angel' Program, you can have a Shelter pet - one dog as your Shelter Pet for just Rs. 7500 per annum. This covers some of the costs of looking after the dog for one year - vaccinations, medicine when required, food, daily care and so on. For details on the dogs available for this program, you can visit our centre in Deonar or call us. Please contact us on 9920042231 or mail us on vishruti@idaindia.org for more details. Please pass on this message to your friends and family as well. Regards, Team IDA

Courtesy AAPN: PFA for strict action under Animal Act

Courtesy AAPN: PFA for strict action under Animal Act‏

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100514/harplus.htm#12

The Indian Chapter of International Organisation for Animal Protection
(OIPA) and People for Animals (PFA) has urged the central government to make
provisions for stringent punishment in under the Prevention of Cruelty on
Animals Act, 1960, for its violation.

President of PFA, Haryana, Naresh Kadyan said the government had already
circulated the draft rules under Section 38 of the Act but there was need to
make violations of the Act as cognizable and non-bailable offense.

He said under the draft rules the offenses had been made non-cognizable and
bailable offense and the quantum of penalty and imprisonment was also not
deterrent.

The punishment should be stringent like a minimum three years of
imprisonment and fine of Rs 25,000. He also urged the government to
introduce separate rules for fish ‘aquarium’ as well.

Courtesy FIAPO: Ministry to amend rules, give more power to friends of strays

Courtesy FIAPO: Ministry to amend rules, give more power to friends of strays‏

http://bloggers-bark.blogspot.com/2010/05/ministry-to-amend-rules-give-more-power.html

In what will be the first law-backed protection accorded to those who feed and help sterilise stray dogs — animal lovers who have been targeted in numerous cases in the city earlier— the Ministry of Environment and Forests is working to amend the existing Animal and Birth Control (Dog) Rules to validate the contribution of citizens who help enforce the rules.

As per existing laws, stray dogs are supposed to be sterilised and returned to their localities under the Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules of 2001.

While this was supposed to be enforced by the municipal authorities, it has proved to be virtually ineffective with the rising dog populations and mounting hostility of city localities towards stray dogs.

This has given rise to furious debates in Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi on whether all stray dogs should be culled.

The proposed amendment now includes a "representative of the people who is a humanitarian or (a) well-known individual who has experience in animal welfare in the locality".

Another amendment proposes to further impetus for local residents in taking the Animal and Birth Control (Dog) programme to a locality level.

A monitoring committee will be set up, which will include representatives from the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI), municipal authorities and a local representative who has the necessary "experience" of working for animal welfare in the locality.

"This amendment will validate and give official recognition to those who feed dogs and help sterilise them. This will also lead to greater public participation in the committees created for dog control. The committees will not be the exclusive domain of just municipal bodies or NGOs. Local residents can now take part," says Anjali Sharma, legal adviser to the AWBI, which is working with the MoEF on the rules.

This will address routine complaints put forth by various dog lovers who say they have been targeted, even attacked, for feeding dogs in their localities. In Delhi over the last year, several such complaints have been filed in police stations, with as many as seven such cases of harassment coming up in the High Court.

As per the High Court's directions, police protection has been provided to the seven litigants who said they were being attacked for feeding dogs. These residents also said that they were vaccinating and sterilising the dogs. The High Court then observed that feeding stray dogs was helpful for enforcement of the ABC rules.

The rules also address the issue of nuisance or rogue dogs, and how they can be dealt with if they attack humans.

Dog feeding sites identified in city, AWBI tells HCThe Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has provided information to the Delhi High Court on Monday about its designated 'dog feeding sites'. These will be public areas where stray dogs can be fed to avoid conflict with other local residents who are not comfortable with dogs. These most typically will be service lanes or areas outside a dog lover's home. Sites have been identified at Nev Sarai, Kamla Nagar, Roop Nagar, Kasturba Gandhi Marg and two in Vasant Kunj.ENS

Thanks and Regards
Santosh Rajashekar

Courtesy FIAPO: Auctioning off retired working dogs

Courtesy FIAPO: Manmeet Singh: auctioning off retired working dogs‏

Hi

While I was PETA , Tommy, a sweet 11-year-old dog who had spent his whole life protecting the railways and the country for the Railway Protection Force (RPF), was scheduled to be auctioned off to strangers—and an uncertain fate—when he was no longer considered “useful.”

When PETA found out about this, we fired off a letter to Ranjit Sinha, Director General of the RPF, explaining that dogs are social animals who become highly emotionally attached to the people who care for them. We pointed out that it is inhumane to separate dogs from their handlers—especially a dog as old as Tommy, who is approximately 90 years old in human years—and that dogs should be allowed to live out their lives with their human families when they “retire.”

In the letter we alsorelayed to them that dealing with a similar situation, the National Commission on Cattle established by the Government of India has recommended that the auctioning of working bullocks by Municipality Corporations, Panchayats and other places should be stopped. Also the CPCSEA formed under the Ministry of Environment insists that onus of rehabilitation of animals used for any experiment by an institution is on the institution that used the animal.

I had also met with the PS of the DG of RPF and made sure that the DG had seen the letter.

As a result, the auction was stopped, and Tommy was allowed to live out his years with his former handler.

The RPF also changed the rule of auction!

Similarly Nigel from IPAN was able to stop auctions of cattle by a municipality.

I am also told that the Madras High Court has passed an order granting pension for bullocks working for government (i have not seen the order Dr. Krishna may have it).

Hope this info helps

Thanks

Jayasimha

The Beauty Of Horses

Courtesy FIAPO: Draft of new rules for Pet shops-2010

Courtesy FIAPO:

The Ministry of Environment and Forests intends to notify rules for the regulation of pet shops in the country. The draft rules are now available at

http://moef.nic.in/downloads/public-information/Pet%20Shop%20Rules%202010.pdf

Courtesy Yahoo India News:Ministry to amend rules, give more power to friends of strays

Ministry to amend rules, give more power to friends of strays

Tuesday, 11th May 2010

In what will be the first law-backed protection accorded to those who feed and help sterilise stray dogs — animal lovers who have been targeted in numerous cases in the city earlier— the Ministry of Environment and Forests is working to amend the existing Animal and Birth Control (Dog) Rules to validate the contribution of citizens who help enforce the rules.

As per existing laws, stray dogs are supposed to be sterilised and returned to their localities under the Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules of 2001.

While this was supposed to be enforced by the municipal authorities, it has proved to be virtually ineffective with the rising dog populations and mounting hostility of city localities towards stray dogs.

This has given rise to furious debates in Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi on whether all stray dogs should be culled.

The proposed amendment now includes a "representative of the people who is a humanitarian or (a) well-known individual who has experience in animal welfare in the locality".

Another amendment proposes to further impetus for local residents in taking the Animal and Birth Control (Dog) programme to a locality level.

A monitoring committee will be set up, which will include representatives from the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI), municipal authorities and a local representative who has the necessary "experience" of working for animal welfare in the locality.

"This amendment will validate and give official recognition to those who feed dogs and help sterilise them. This will also lead to greater public participation in the committees created for dog control. The committees will not be the exclusive domain of just municipal bodies or NGOs. Local residents can now take part," says Anjali Sharma, legal adviser to the AWBI, which is working with the MoEF on the rules.

This will address routine complaints put forth by various dog lovers who say they have been targeted, even attacked, for feeding dogs in their localities. In Delhi over the last year, several such complaints have been filed in police stations, with as many as seven such cases of harassment coming up in the High Court.

As per the High Court's directions, police protection has been provided to the seven litigants who said they were being attacked for feeding dogs. These residents also said that they were vaccinating and sterilising the dogs. The High Court then observed that feeding stray dogs was helpful for enforcement of the ABC rules.

The rules also address the issue of nuisance or rogue dogs, and how they can be dealt with if they attack humans.

Dog feeding sites identified in city, AWBI tells HCThe Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has provided information to the Delhi High Court on Monday about its designated 'dog feeding sites'. These will be public areas where stray dogs can be fed to avoid conflict with other local residents who are not comfortable with dogs. These most typically will be service lanes or areas outside a dog lover's home. Sites have been identified at Nev Sarai, Kamla Nagar, Roop Nagar, Kasturba Gandhi Marg and two in Vasant Kunj.ENS

Courtesy FIAPO: Himalyan Nature Society looking for Gas anesthatic machine needed

Courtesy FIAPO on behalf of Himalayan Nature Society:

Gas Anesthatic Machiene needed‏

Dear animal lovers & organisations,
we are in urgent need of purchase a Gas Anesthetic Machine for our
ongoing ABC project at Dharamsala,Himachal Pardseh.
We need the information about if any one is using such equipment so
can provide us contact of supplier/manufacturer and approximately cost
of this equipment.

we are at Himalayan Nature Society would be very thankful for sharing
this information with us.

Regards
Arvind Sharma
Himalayan Nature Society
Dharamsala,Himachal Pardseh-176215
www.hnsindia.org

Petition to stop animal testing facility in Malaysia

[aapn] (MY) Petition to stop animal testing facility in Malaysia‏

From:

aapn@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Sarah Kite (sarah.kite@buav.org)

Please support the international campaign to stop the construction of an animal testing laboratory in Malaysia by Vivo Biotech, the Indian contract testing facility. Sign the petition (go to the weblink below) and circulate it widely.

For background information, please go to:

http://www.mmail.com.my/content/32184-animaltesting-centre-be-set-malaysia

http://www.mmail.com.my/content/34684-animal-groups-protest-over-planned-animal-test-lab

Thank you on behalf of
BUAV
ECEAE
Friends of the Earth Malaysia
SPCA Selangor

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http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/StopPlansForAnimalTestingMalaysia

Target:
To the Prime Minister of Malaysia and the Chief Minister of Malacca

Sponsored by:
SPCA Selangor, Friends of The Earth Malaysia, British Union For The Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV), European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (ECEAE)

We, the undersigned, urgently request that you take the necessary steps to halt the proposal to construct an animal testing facility in Malacca, Malaysia by the Malaysian government-owned Melaka Biotech and Vivo BioTech, an Indian contract testing company.

Malaysia currently has no specific legislation governing the use of animals in research. This would be detrimental to the issue of animal welfare as the proposed laboratory will be designed to house nonhuman primates, dogs and small animals. Vivo Biotech's website lists it as a company that carries out extensive animal research, including toxicity testing, on a variety of species for a number of purposes, amongst which is its controversial use for cosmetic products.

It has also been reported that primates could be sourced locally in Malaysia. This move will be at direct variance to the Malaysian government's stand in re-instating the ban on the export of primates for research in 2008. Needless to say, the setting up of the animal laboratory in Malacca can only result in immense suffering, misery and death being inflicted on thousands of animals, aside from potentially facilitating the trade in wild-caught primates within Malaysia.

Hence, we oppose the construction of this facility both for ethical reasons and for the lack of scientific validity in extrapolating data obtained from animal testing to humans. Instead, a progressive society would explore the wide range of non-animal techniques that, as well as being a more humane approach in gaining scientific knowledge, can also prove to be cheaper, quicker and more effective.

We earnestly urge you to act in all expediency to quash this proposal as allowing the facility to materialize will not only result in the needless suffering and death of thousands of animals every year, but will also undoubtedly have a negative and detrimental impact on Malaysia's image worldwide.

Courtesy KARMA: TOI article DJB dog killing (8thMay10)

Courtesy KARMA: TOI article DJB dog killing-8th May 2010

Courtesy FIAPO: protest letter re the horrific butchery of 11 stray dogs in Delhi

Courtesy FIAPO:

Letter of protest re the horrific butchery of 11 stray dogs in Delhi

Mr. Ramesh Negi

Chief Executive Officer

Delhi Jal Board

Varunalaya

Phase II, Karol Bagh

New Delhi 110 005

Dear Sir

As animal protection activists and right thinking citizens of this country, we are outraged, pained and shocked over the reports of the killing of 11 community dogs by some miscreants in connivance with some or all of the security guards and employees of DJB who were present there when this incident happened at around 2 pm on 2 May 2010. The miscreants killed 11 community dogs resident in the building in the most brutal fashion, even as the hapless creatures tried to escape and found all exit points had been sealed. Apparently, according to people who are in the know of what happened that terrible afternoon, the animals had their bones broken, cuts inflicted and their bodies pierced with sharp objects.

It is shocking that none of the people present there, including your staff and security guards thought it fit to stop the barbarism, which is proof of their connivance in the crime.

I hope you are aware that animal cruelty is an offence under Section 11 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 and Sections 428 and 429 of the Indian Penal Code and is punishable with imprisonment and fine. I understand that the Animal Welfare Board of India, animal protection organisations and right-thinking citizens of Delhi are taking legal recourse and will use all peaceful and constitutional means to bring the guilty to book.

I hope you will initiate action against all those present there on the day of this shameful slaughter and also file a police complaint against the miscreants who entered the premises of DJB unauthorised to commit this crime.

The incident calls for your immediate and decisive intervention and action and I hope you will not be found wanting. Kindly do the needful.

Sincerely yours

Gopi Shankar

No. 216, 10th E Main Road

Kalyan Nagar 1st Block

Bangalore 560 043

Tel: +91 80 2542 0059 / 99001 72527

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“My most important teaching is non-violence. Do not hurt or kill any living being by thought, word or deed. Do not go to war. Do not kill animals. Do not hunt or fish. Never kill even the smallest creature. Do not step on a worm. Even the worm has a soul.” – Bhagwan Mahavir

Courtesy straysrhot.blog: 3 pups for adoption in B'lore

These 3 Indian breed pups were recently rescued by an animal lover in Bangalore. They are little cuties and are looking for kind, loving homes. They are about 2-3 weeks old and are being fostered right now. If anyone is really interested but cannot look after such young pups, the foster parents will keep them until they are about 6 weeks. There are 2 girls (black puppy and brown puppy, bottom) and 1 boy (white and brown, top).

Please help us find these pups good homes contact foster parent Michelle at 9845689006.

Courtesy KARMA: shocking butchery at the Jal Board Builiding at Lajpat Nagar, Delhi

SHOCKING BUTCHERY AT THE JAL BOARD BUILDING AT LAJPAT NAGAR, DELHI

11 dogs were killed in a horribly shocking, cruel fashion at Delhi Jal Board Office,Lajpat Nagar on 2nd May . They were cut and chopped, pierced to death. It actually happened and we need to respond.

Please lets all of us write to Mr. Ramesh Negi, the C.E.O. of the Delhi Jal Board, and lodge strong protest, and demand action against the perpetrators of the crime. His e-mail address is ceodjb@hotmail.com - lets shame him into taking action.

Also, please join the protest against this killing on 7th May at 3:30pm . The address is:
Jal Sadan
Opposite MCD Building
Shiv Mandir Marg ( Near Jal Vihar Terminal)
Lajpat Nagar-II
New Delhi

Please inform your ur family & friends so that more & more people can join in .

WE ALL NEED TO STAND UP FOR OUR SPPECHLESS ANIMAL FRIENDS!!!

Courtesy: Deccan Chronicle:It's time to learn to live with stray dogs

I wish we would have more people like my dear friend Ms Sujaya Jagadish! Hats off!!!

Please do contact SOACT and/or Ms Jagadish if you want/can help with this wonderful initiative!

Courtesy: Deccan Chronicle

May 3: As stray dogs cannot be wished away from Bengaluru’s streets, its best to learn to live with them and avoid getting bitten, says a voluntary group, which has come up with the idea of training schoolchildren in ways to deal with strays on the streets.

“We are in talks with schools to hold sessions for the children on animal behaviour. If they understand what can provoke dogs, they may be able to take precautions to see that they don’t unwittingly invite aggressive behaviour from them,” says Sujaya Jagadish, secretary, Save Our Animals Charitable Trust (SOACT), who is trying to coordinate with different schools in the city to start these sessions as soon as possible.

“Children need to first understand the basics of animal behaviour. At times it is out of fear and a protective instinct for their puppies that causes dogs to bite anyone who comes near them. Children have to be told these things,” Ms Jagadish adds.
The sessions, which will include a slide show, promise to be both interactive and informative. “We will also talk about human to animal ratio and the Animal Birth Control (ABC) and Catch, Neuter, Vaccinate, Release (CNVR) programme. Children will learn to be humane if they are told about adoption of strays and abandoning of pets,” she says. SOACT can be contacted on 9845193057."