DOCSLIB.ORG

Animal Cruelty in India: a Fatal Oversight

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Animal Cruelty in India: a Fatal Oversight ISSN 2455-4782 ANIMAL CRUELTY IN INDIA: A FATAL OVERSIGHT Authored by: Kunal Nema*& Akshita Prasad** * 2nd Year BBA.LLB Student, New Law College, BVDU, Pune ** 2nd Year BA.LLB Student, New Law College, BVDU, Pune ABSTRACT Incidences of animal cruelty are on the rise in India and also all over the world. Many a times we turn a blind eye towards the rights of the animals. Like humans animals also have rights against being exploited or persecuted. It is a serious issue that demands our urgent attention. Through this paper we have attempted to bring into the spotlight implications of animal cruelty on the society, how does it affect it and can be a major risk to both animals and humans. The prevention of cruelty to animals act, 1960 is the prime focus as it is the primary law pertaining to animal cruelty. The act itself is over decades old and is plagued with flaws that comes with time and it needs to be reexamined in accordance with the present time. Combating the menace of animal cruelty is a pledge that should be undertaken by everyone including the Government of India, Legal system and citizens themselves. In conclusion we note that animal cruelty is a product of our own making and can only be dealt with harmonious intervention by the law and the people. Keywords: Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960; Animal Cruelty; Human Violence. 45 | P a g e JOURNAL ON CONTEMPORARY ISSUES OF LAW [JCIL] VOLUME 5 ISSUE 3 ISSN 2455-4782 INTRODUCTION All residing things have a right to stay on this earth, however, we, very regularly emerge as, completely, insensitive to their pain, only because animals can't communicate the language of human beings, they don't have a voice. This can be seen in a well-known quote which is going as: “The assumption that animals are without rights and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality”- by Arthur Schopenhauer1. Each day in nations around the world, animals are fighting for their lives. They're enslaved, beaten, and saved in chains to make them carry out for human beings' "amusement"; they're mutilated and confined to tiny cages in order that we are able to kill them and eat them; they're burned, blinded, poisoned, and cut up alive in the name of "science"; they may be electrocuted, strangled, and skinned alive so that human beings can parade in their coats or worse just because they enjoy it. Animal cruelty is a behaviour that is dangerous to animals, from unintended neglect to intentional killing. The infliction of bodily pain, suffering or loss of life upon an animal is animal cruelty. The misuse of animal or the usage of animal for the purpose past the animal restriction is animal abuse. Most of the people who abuse animals do not do it on a cause. They harm animals due to the fact that they do not consider or understand what they're doing. Those humans do not know that what they're doing is cruel; people are merciless because they don't pay interest. To conquer this, there are programs through which we can train people that animals feel ache too and that it could be risky to abuse an animal due to the fact that said animal should grow to be violent and hurt and that is something which is unlawful to a positive extent. In the broadest sense, "animal cruelty” encompasses a range of behaviours harmful to animals, from neglect to malicious killing. Most cruelty cases investigated by humane officers are acts of unintentional neglect that can be resolved through education2. Intentional cruelty is abuse by way of which someone knowingly deprives an animal of food, water, refuse, socialisation, or veterinary care or includes maliciously torturing, maiming, mutilating, or 1Arthur Schopenhauer, On the basis of morality (2001). 2Understanding animal cruelty: A study and activity guide for high-school students and their teachers. (2005). East Haddam, CT: National Association for Humane and Environmental Education. 46 | P a g e JOURNAL ON CONTEMPORARY ISSUES OF LAW [JCIL] VOLUME 5 ISSUE 3 ISSN 2455-4782 killing an animal. “Abuse” occurs when a person causes an animal to suffer as a manner of achieving dominance or a behavioural reaction. That individual does no longer always revel in harming animals for harm’s sake. Instead, he or she is attempting to demonstrate force over an animal or to control an animal’s actions. An example of animal abuse is when an animal instructor whips an elephant to force the animal to perform circus hints. “Neglect” to animals takes place when human beings fail to offer their animals with proper refuge, meals, water, attention, grooming, or veterinary care. Cases of neglect are acts of omission instead of acts of commission and do not give pleasure to the individual whose animals are neglected. An instance of neglect may be determined within the home of a person who “collects” animals. ANIMAL CRUELTY AND HUMAN VIOLENCE: A CRUCIAL NEXUS There is and has been a need of a preferred public policy to save cruelty to animals. Cruelty to animals is a criminal offence; consequently, it's far an offence towards the society. But it's far inhumane of us and dangerous for the civility of our society that such offences primarily are not noted by us, either due to the unawareness among each the offenders and the general public of the laws or because of the insensitiveness of them. Limitless studies by specialists within the fields of psychology, sociology and criminology have proven that violent offenders often have formative years and adolescent histories of great and repeated animal cruelty. The FBI has recognized the connection since the 1970s, when its analysis of the lives of serial killers suggested that most had killed or tortured animals as children. Other research has shown consistent patterns of animal cruelty among perpetrators of other forms of violence, including child abuse, spousal abuse and elder abuse. In fact, the American Psychiatric Association considers animal cruelty one of the diagnostic criteria of conduct disorder3. In his childhood, self-confessed “Boston Strangler” Albert DeSalvo trapped dogs and cats in orange crates and shot arrows through the boxes. Before he was ever charged with the murders of the thirteen women he admitted to killing, DeSalvo himself was killed in prison. He had been serving time on 3Robert Casserly, Preventing Animal Abuse Daily Tidings, http://dailytidings.com/archive/preventing-animal-abuse (last visited Feb 24, 2019). 47 | P a g e JOURNAL ON CONTEMPORARY ISSUES OF LAW [JCIL] VOLUME 5 ISSUE 3 ISSN 2455-4782 an unrelated rape conviction4. According to a New South Wales newspaper, a police study in Australia revealed that “100 percent of sexual homicide offenders examined had a history of animal cruelty5. To researchers, a fascination with cruelty to animals is a red flag inside the backgrounds of serial killers and rapists. Another study, published in 2013, found that 43% of those who commit school massacres also committed acts of cruelty to animals — generally against cats and dogs6. Acts of cruelty to animals aren't mere indications of a minor character flaw within the abuser; they're symptomatic of a deep mental disturbance. In fact, most people who are on death row for murder have admitted to abusing animals as children7. People should understand that abuse to any residing being is unacceptable and endangers absolutely everyone. Kids ought to be trained to take care of and respect animals. After an extensive observation of the connections between animal abuse and human abuse, two experts concluded, “The evolution of a more gentle and benign relationship in human society might be enhanced by our promotion of a more positive and nurturing ethic between children and animals”8. RECORDED ACTS OF ANIMAL CRUELTY AND APPROPRIATE LAWS APPLICABLE TO SUCH ACTS Animals are as much part of this country as we are, they too have a fundamental right to live and to be treated with care and dignity but there are some instances and appalling events that state otherwise such as rape of the animal9,for which the punishment is mentioned in Indian Penal 4 Supra note 2 5Animal Abuse and Human Abuse: Partners in Crime, PETA (2017), https://www.peta.org/issues/animal-companion- issues/animal-companion-factsheets/animal-abuse-human-abuse-partners-crime/ (last visited Feb 24, 2019). 6Animal Cruelty and Domestic Violence - The Link Between Cruelty to Animals and Violence Toward Humans, Animal Legal Defense Fund, https://aldf.org/article/animal-cruelty-and-domestic-violence/ (last visited Feb 24, 2019). 7Arkady Bukh, The Link Between Animal Abuse and Serial Killers New York Criminal Attorney: NY Criminal Defense - Bukh Law Firm (2015), https://www.nyccriminallawyer.com/the-link-between-animal-abuse-serial-killers/ (last visited Feb 24, 2019). 8Stephen R. Kellert and Alan R. Felthous, “Childhood Cruelty Toward Animals Among Criminals and Noncriminals,” Human Relations 38 (1985): 1113-29. 9India Today Web Desk, Pregnant goat dies after 8 men gang-rape it in Haryana India Today (2018), https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pregnant-goat-dies-after-8-men-gang-raped-it-in-haryana-1299168-2018-07-28 (last visited Feb 25, 2019). 48 | P a g e JOURNAL ON CONTEMPORARY ISSUES OF LAW [JCIL] VOLUME 5 ISSUE 3 ISSN 2455-4782 Code10, killing or mutilating animals in a cruel and merciless manner11 for which the penalty is mentioned under the Prevention of cruelty to Animals Act 196012.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Cockfighting
    Vol XL No 2 Summer 2017 Journal of Beauty Without Cruelty - India An International Educational Charitable Trust for Animal Rights In this Issue: Milk Meat Leather nexus Xenotransplantation Animal Sacrifice Plumage Cockfighting Beauty Without Cruelty - India 4 Prince of Wales Drive, Wanowrie, Pune 411 040 Tel: +91 20 2686 1166 Fax: +91 20 2686 1420 From E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.bwcindia.org my Desk… Why? Contents Beauty Without Cruelty can not understand why people From my Desk… _______________________ this page want jallikattu, bailgadichi AP Cockfighting Ban Round-up _________________ 2 sharyat and kambala to be Fact, not Fancy Plumage _______________________ 6 held. These “sports” inflict At the Ekvira Devi Jatra 2017 __________________ 10 great cruelty upon bulls and buffaloes. Humans get severely Readers Write _______________________________ 11 injured also, and many die. Yet, FYI Xenotransplantation ______________________ 12 politicians are finding ways to Vegan Recipe Jackfruit __________ inside back cover circumspect the law and allow these events to occur. Surely we do not need to replicate cruelty to animals from our ancient customs, more so after having given them up. Our struggle to stop animals being exploited for entertainment has re-started. Saved from Slaughter laughter house rules have Salways – yes, always – existed, but have never been implemented in toto. Butchers and governments are to blame. Beauty Without Cruelty Published and edited by Every year lakhs of animals Diana Ratnagar is a way of life which causes Chairperson, BWC - India would not have been killed no creature of land, sea or air Designed by Dinesh Dabholkar if unlicensed units had been terror, torture or death Printed at Mudra closed.
    [Show full text]
  • INVITATION Award Ceremony for Maneka Gandhi: Award Ceremony for Richard Ryder: in Part 2 Only Starting at 9:00 A.M
    Peter-Singer-Preis 2021 The award ceremony is carried out as a closed event and is open to altogether 120 guests only Förderverein des Association for the Peter-Singer-Preises Promotion of the Peter für Strategien zur Singer Prize for AWARD CEREMONY MEMBERSHIP Tierleidminderung e.V. Strategies to Reduce the Suffering of Animals Award Ceremony for Maneka Gandhi as the Winner of the 6th and Richard Ryder as the I would like to become a member of the Association for the Promo- tion of the Peter Singer Prize for Strategies to Reduce the Suffe- th ring of Animals. Winner of the 7 Peter Singer Prize for Strategies to Reduce the Suffering of Animals. Registered non-profit association www.peter-singer-preis.de • E-Mail: [email protected] th My membership fee is Euro every year DATE: Saturday, May 29 , 2021 (minimal fee is 50 Euro every year for one person) VENUE: Hollywood Media Hotel (Cinema Hall) • Kurfürstendamm 202 • 10719 Berlin PARTICIPATION I would like to participate in the whole evemt. PROGRAMME: FIRST PART PROGRAMME: SECOND PART in part 1 only INVITATION Award Ceremony for Maneka Gandhi: Award Ceremony for Richard Ryder: in part 2 only Starting at 9:00 A.M. Starting at 4:00 P.M. Name: • Welcome: Dr. Walter Neussel • Moderation: Prof. Edna Hillmann Street, house number: • Moderation: Prof. Dr. Peter Singer (Professor for Animal Husbandry, Humboldt University, Berlin) • Prof. Dr. Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker Postcode, city: (Honorary President of the Club of Rome): • Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dieter Birnbacher Telephone, fax: Avoiding Collapse of the “Full World” (Institute of Philosophy, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf): • Renate Künast Email adress: (Former German Minister of Consumer Protection, „Speciesism“– a Re-Evaluation Place, date, signature: Food and Agriculture from 2001 to 2005): • Prof.
    [Show full text]
  • Prime Minister of Cambodia Office of the Prime Minister Royal Government of Cambodia Government Peace Building No
    His Excellency Samdech Techo Hun Sen Prime Minister of Cambodia Office of the Prime Minister Royal Government of Cambodia Government Peace Building No. 38, Confederation Russia Blvd (110) Phnom Penh Cambodia [email protected] May 22, 2020 Re: The Threat of the Dog Meat Trade to Cambodia Dear Prime Minister Hun Sen, We are writing on behalf of the Asia for Animals Coalition, representing international animal welfare and conservation organizations regarding our concerns about the dog meat trade in Cambodia and its threat to public health, in light of the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the worsening situation of the pandemic globally and throughout Southeast Asia, with 45,2091 ​ human coronavirus infections in the region to date, the mass trafficking, sale, and slaughter of ​ companion animals often alongside wild animals throughout the Kingdom continues unchallenged. The dog meat trade is rampant in Cambodia, involving the slaughter and consumption of up to 3 million dogs each year, many of them stolen pets, with an unknown number trafficked regularly into neighboring Vietnam. Research suggests that only 12% of Cambodians regularly consume dog meat, and consumption remains a controversial practice among Khmer people.2 The dog meat trade has proven to be a significant threat to public health, facilitating the transmission of deadly diseases including rabies, cholera, and trichinella. The trade also directly undermines Cambodia’s rabies control efforts and disrupts any attempts at achieving herd immunity through mass canine vaccination programs. Despite growing global public health concerns regarding live animal interfaces and wet markets and the potential for the emergence of novel and deadly viruses, the dog meat trade in Cambodia continues to operate - even in the face of mounting calls to end this trade.
    [Show full text]
  • Critical Overview on the Religious Practice of Animal Sacrifice in India Aishwarya Parameshwaran
    I S S N : 2 5 8 2 - 2 942 L E X F O R T I L e g a l J o u r n a l Vol-II Issue- I October, 2020 I S S N : 2 5 8 2 - 2 942 DISCLAIMER No part of this publication may be reproduced or copied in any form by any means without prior written permission of Editor-in-chief of LexForti Legal Journal. The Editorial Team of LexForti Legal Journal holds the copyright to all articles contributed to this publication. The views expressed in this publication are purely personal opinions of the authors and do not reflect the views of the Editorial Team of LexForti. Though all efforts are made to ensure the accuracy and correctness of the information published, LexForti shall not be responsible for any errors caused due to oversight otherwise. I S S N : 2 5 8 2 - 2 942 EDITORIAL BOARD Editor in Chief Rohit Pradhan Advocate Prime Dispute [email protected] Editor in Chief Sridhruti Chitrapu Member | CiArb [email protected] Editor Nageshwar Rao Professor (Banking Law) 47+ years of scholarly experience Editor Dr Rajanikanth M Assistant Professor | Management Symbiosis International University Editor Foram Thakar Assistant Professor | L J School of Law I S S N : 2 5 8 2 - 2 942 EDITORIAL BOARD Editor Nandita Reddy Advocate Prime Dispute Editor Romi Kumari Student Editor Editor Shubhangi Nangunoori Student Editor I S S N : 2 5 8 2 - 2 942 ABOUT US LexForti Legal News and Journal offer access to a wide array of legal knowledge through the Daily Legal News segment of our Website.
    [Show full text]
  • India Financial Statement
    Many top stars donated their time to PETA in elementary school students why elephants don’t order to help focus public attention on cruelty belong in circuses. PETA India’s new petition calling India to animals. Bollywood “villain” Gulshan Grover’s on the government to uphold the ban on jallikattu – sexy PETA ad against leather was released ahead a bull-taming event in which terrified bulls are Financial Statement of Amazon India Fashion Week. Pamela Anderson deliberately disoriented, punched, jumped on, penned a letter to the Chief Minister of Kerala to offer tormented, stabbed and dragged to the ground – REVENUES 30 life-size, realistic and portable elephants made of has been signed by top film stars, including Contributions 71,098,498 bamboo and papier-mâché to replace live elephants in Sonakshi Sinha, Jacqueline Fernandez, Other Income 335,068 the Thrissur Pooram parade. Tennis player Sania Mirza Bipasha Basu, John Abraham, Raveena Tandon, and the stars of Comedy Nights With Kapil teamed Vidyut Jammwal, Shilpa Shetty, Kapil Sharma, Total Revenues 71,433,566 up with PETA for ads championing homeless cat and Amy Jackson, Athiya Shetty, Sonu Sood, dog adoption. Kapil Sharma, the host of that show, Richa Chadha and Vidya Balan and cricketers was also named PETA’s 2015 Person of the Year for Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan. OPERATING EXPENSES his dedication to Programmes helping animals. PETA gave a Awareness Programme 37,434,078 Just before Humane Science Compassionate Citizen Project 3,998,542 World Music Award to the Membership Development 13,175,830 Day, members Mahatma Gandhi- Management and General Expenses 16,265,248 of folk band Doerenkamp The Raghu Centre, for their Dixit Project monumental Total Operating Expenses 70,873,698 starred in a PETA progress in Youth campaign pushing for ad against cruelty humane legislation CHANGE IN NET ASSETS 559,868 to animals in Photo: © Guarav Sawn and reducing and Net Assets Beginning of Year 5,086,144 the circus.
    [Show full text]
  • Bulletin of the Indus Research Centre
    Bulletin of the Indus Research Centre ROJA MUTHIAH RESEARCH LIBRARY No. 3 | December 2012 BULLETIN OF THE INDUS RESEARCH CENTRE No. 3, December 2012 Indus Research Centre Roja Muthiah Research Library Chennai, India The ‘High-West: Low-East’ Dichotomy of Indus Cities: A Dravidian Paradigm R. Balakrishnan Indus Research Centre Roja Muthiah Research Library © Indus Research Centre, Roja Muthiah Research Library, December 2012 Acknowledgements I thankfully acknowledge the assistance given by Subhadarshi Mishra, Ashok Dakua and Abhas Supakar of SPARC Bhubaneswar, Lazar Arockiasamy, Senior Geographer, DCO Chennai, in GIS related works. Title page illustration: Indus Seal (Marshal. 338) (Courtesy: Corpus of Indus Seals and Inscriptions, Vol.1) C O N T E N T S Abstract 01 Introduction 02 Part 1 Dichotomous Layouts of the Indus Cities 05 Part II The ‘High-West: Low-East’ Framework in Dravidian Languages 18 Part III Derivational History of Terms for Cardinal Directions in Indo- 30 European Languages Part IV Human Geographies: Where ‘High’ is ‘West’ and ‘Low’ is ‘East’ 34 Part V The Toponomy of Hill Settlements 37 Part VI The Toponomy of ‘Fort’ Settlements 44 Part VII The Comparative Frameworks of Indus, Dravidian and Indo- 46 Aryan Part VIII The Lingering Legacy 49 Part IX Conclusions 53 Note on GIS 54 Annexure I 55 Annexure II 58 Annexure III 66 References 67 A b b r e v i a t i o n s General DEMS = Direction-Elevation-Material-Social; GIS = Geographical Information System; Lat./ N = Latitude/North; Long./ E = Longitude/East; MSL = Mean Sea Level Languages Ass = Assamese; Beng = Bengali; Br = Brahui; Ga = Gadaba; Go = Gondi; Guj = Gujarati; H = Hindi; Ka = Kannada; Kas = Kashmiri; Ko = Kota; Kod = Kodagu; Kol = Kolami; Kur = Kuruk; Ma = Malayalam; Mar = Marathi; Or = Oriya; Pa = Parji; Panj = Punjabi; Pkt = Prakrit; Sgh = Singhalese; Skt = Sanskrit; Ta.
    [Show full text]
  • ENVIRONMENTAL LAW Prepared As Per the Syllabus Prescribed by Karnataka State Law University (KSLU), Hubballi
    KLE LAW ACADEMY BELAGAVI (Constituent Colleges: KLE Society’s Law College, Bengaluru, Gurusiddappa Kotambri Law College, Hubballi, S.A. Manvi Law College, Gadag, KLE Society’s B.V. Bellad Law College, Belagavi, KLE Law College, Chikodi, and KLE College of Law, Kalamboli, Navi Mumbai) STUDY MATERIAL for ENVIRONMENTAL LAW Prepared as per the syllabus prescribed by Karnataka State Law University (KSLU), Hubballi Compiled by Reviewed by Soumya N.M, Asst. Prof. Dr. S.G. Goudappanavar Rudragouda M.H., Asst. Prof. Anusha M.V., Asst. Prof. K.L.E. Society's Law College, Bengaluru This study material is intended to be used as supplementary material to the online classes and recorded video lectures. It is prepared for the sole purpose of guiding the students in preparation for their examinations. Utmost care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the content. However, it is stressed that this material is not meant to be used as a replacement for textbooks or commentaries on the subject. This is a compilation and the authors take no credit for the originality of the content. Acknowledgement, wherever due, has been provided. KLE Society’s Law College Environmental Law Study Material Environmental Law Objective Environmental problems have attained alarming proportions. It is essential to sensitise the students to environmental issues and the laws. The important principles in the field like inter-generation equity, carrying capacity, sustainable development, and precautionary principle, polluter pay principles are to be appreciated. The law in practice is to be analysed and evaluated. The course is designed towards these objectives. Course contents UNIT – I The Idea of Environment: Environment: meaning and components- Pollution: meaning, sources, Kinds, and effects of pollution, Ancient and Medieval Writings - Environmental jurisprudence - National environmental policy.
    [Show full text]
  • Women Resurrecting Poultry Biodiversity and Livelihoods
    Women resurrecting poultry biodiversity and livelihoods Source South Asia Pro Poor Livestock Policy Program (SAPPLPP) Keywords Poultry, women, partnerships Country of first practice India ID and publishing year 7681 and 2012 Sustainable Development Goals No poverty, gender equality, and life on land Summary The Aseel is reared under backyard poultry by women (from bird selection to sale). management systems and is a vital source Today this indigenous breed, which has its of meat and income. However, this bird is lineage from the original Red Jungle Fowl, is threatened due to high production losses, threatened due to high production losses, infectious diseases and policies promoting infectious diseases and policies promoting non-local breeds. This practice describes non-local breeds. As a result, although how disease prevention and bio-diversity a farmer could potentially earn over conservation strategies helped women Rs. 4 000 per adult hen yearly (see Table 1), farmers in preserving the Aseel. actual earnings are less than half of this, due to losses resulting from egg spoilage / Description infertile eggs and chick mortality. 1. Background Figure 1. Women resurrecting poultry biodiversity and livelihoods The Aseel is an important part of Âdivâsîs culture in the East Godavari district. Âdivâsîs is the Devanagri word for original inhabitants and is an umbrella term for a heterogeneous set of ethnic and tribal groups believed to be the aboriginal population of India and comprise a substantial indigenous minority. Tribal people constitute 8.2 percent of the © FAO/TECA nation’s total population, over 84 million people according to the 2001 census. Adivasi societies are particularly present in the Indian states of Orissa, Madhya Annual poultry mortality is also remarkably Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, high at 70 to 80 percent due to Ranikhet Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, (New Castle disease), Fowl Jharkhand, West Bengal, Mizoram and other Pox, Bacterial White diarrhoea North-Eastern states, and the Andaman and etc.
    [Show full text]
  • 2013 Annual Report
    2013 ANNUAL REPORT Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Our mission is to transform our region into a more vital, caring community. 2 Message from President & Board Chair 5 Faces of Giving of a more vital Art & Ceil Costa David Garbo, Jr. caring community Lisa Thomasco & Darrell Fox 9 Partners in Caring Higher Edge Norwich Youth & Family Services Windham Area Interfaith Ministry 14 Your Generosity at Work 2013 Grants with those who are Donor Advised Grants Donor Advised Funds Field of Interest Funds shaping our region Designated Funds Unrestricted Funds Scholarship Fund Agency Endowments Future Funds & Sustainability Funds 24 People Who Care 2013 Donors andDream... have a Gifts-in-kind and Tributes 33 Applying for CFECT Funding lasting impact 34 Thinking About a Fund 36 Financial Report 37 Professional Advisors, Board & Staff Connect... Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut 68 Federal Street, New London, CT 06320 (860) 442-3572 • [email protected] • www.cfect.org Build... he Community Foundation of TEastern Connecticut stewards $57 million in assets representing 430 charitable funds established by generous people throughout the region. This generosity has allowed the Community Foundation to award more than $33 million in grants and scholarships to students since its inception in 1983. The Community Foundation offers donors a complete toolkit for philanthropic giving, expert assistance in learning more about the causes they care about, and the opportunity to join others with similar interests to learn and give together. For the community at large, the Community Foundation offers a permanent, growing source of grant funding, as well as a common meeting ground and leadership on important issues in eastern Connecticut.
    [Show full text]
  • March 2011 Newsletter
    Combined Issue The Animal Welfare Board of India is an umbrella of the SPCAs / AWOs and animal welfare workers. The Board encourages animal welfare activities, Newsletter Vol No. 7 Issue No. 10 Re.1/- RNI No. TNBIL2003/10675 September 2010 - March 2011 advices the Central and State Governments on issues relating to Animal Welfare, particularly the prevention of cruelty to animals, and also helps to formulate animal welfare WVS INTERNATIONAL TRAINING policies / legislations. CENTER OPENED MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN Udhagamandalam: The opening of task. commitment to an international training centre of the upgrade the Worldwide Veterinary Service (WVS) G e n e r a l A professional skills at Aruvankadu, near here, marked the K h a r b through continuing observation of the World Rabies Day emphasized the education for its staff are the in the district on Sep. 28, 2010. need to implement hallmarks of a mature participatory ABC organisation, and I am proud to engage the AWBI Inaugurating the facility, the programmes, and in partnering with several organisations, both Chairman, Animal Welfare Board of that civic bodies government and in the NGO sectors, to offer India (AWBI), Major General (Retd) should be a tremendous variety of learning R.M. Kharb, AVSM pointed out that educated and opportunities for those working with animals. rabies in humans and animals is a sensitized to the relationship People generally make the mistake major source of concern particularly of thinking and believing that since they in rural parts of India on account of between street have already received a diploma or a illiteracy, lack of facilities and lack of dog sterilization, certificate their “school days” are over.
    [Show full text]
  • The Animal Welfare Act at Fifty: Problems and Possibilities in Animal Testing Regulation
    University of the Pacific Scholarly Commons McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles McGeorge School of Law Faculty Scholarship 2016 The Animal Welfare Act at Fifty: Problems and Possibilities in Animal Testing Regulation Courtney G. Lee Pacifc McGeorge School of Law Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/facultyarticles Part of the Animal Law Commons Recommended Citation Courtney G. Lee, The Animal Welfare Act at Fifty: Problems and Possibilities in Animal Testing Regulation, 95 Neb. L. Rev. 194 (2016). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the McGeorge School of Law Faculty Scholarship at Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Courtney G. Lee* The Animal Welfare Act at Fifty: Problems and Possibilities in Animal Testing Regulation TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction .......................................... 195 II. Background of the Animal Welfare Act ................ 196 A. Enactment and Evolution.......................... 196 B. Early Amendments ................................ 197 C. Improved Standards for Laboratory Animals Act of 1985 .............................................. 198 D. Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees .... 201 E. IACUC Effectiveness .............................. 203 III. Coverage of the AWA .................................. 205 A. What Is an “Animal” under the AWA? .............
    [Show full text]
  • TRIBAL COMMUNITIES of ODISHA Introduction the Eastern Ghats Are
    TRIBAL COMMUNITIES OF ODISHA Introduction The Eastern Ghats are discontinuous range of mountain set along Eastern coast. They are located between 11030' and 220N latitude and 76050' and 86030' E longitude in a North-East to South-West strike. It covers total area of around 75,000 sq. km. Eastern Ghats are often referred to as “Estuaries of India”, because of high rainfall and fertile land that results into better crops1. Eastern Ghat area is falling under tropical monsoon climate receiving rainfall from both southwest monsoon and northeast retreating monsoon. The northern portion of the Ghats receives rainfall from 1000 mm to 1600 mm annually indicating sub-humid climate. The Southern part of Ghats receives 600 mm to 1000 mm rainfall exhibiting semi arid climate2. The Eastern Ghats is distributed mainly in four States, namely, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The part of Eastern Ghats found in the Odisha covers 18 districts, Andhra Pradesh 15 districts and Tamil Nadu in 9 districts while Karnataka Eastern Ghats falls in part of Chamrajnagar and Kolar3. Most of the tribal population in the State is concentrated in the Eastern Ghats of high attitude zone. The traditional occupations of the tribes vary from area to area depending on topography, availability of forests, land, water etc. for e.g. Chenchus tribes of interior forests of Nallamalai Hills gather minor forest produce and sell it in market for livelihood while Konda Reddy, Khond, Porja and Savara living on hill slopes pursue slash and burn technique for cultivation on hill slopes. The Malis of Visakhapatnam (Araku) Agency area are expert vegetable growers.
    [Show full text]