By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Idaho is pulling ahead in a race to the bottom for how states treat wolves. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game recently released a draft wolf management plan that will guide how the state manages the wolves who live there through 2028. The plan aims to reduce Idaho’s […]
Draft Bill makes punishment for cruelty to animals more stringent
The Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying has set December 7 as the deadline for submitting comments by stakeholders and the public on a draft Bill proposing amendments to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act, 1960. The draft Bill contains 61 amendments that proposes to strengthen the law by prescribing stringent punishments […]
Centre Proposes Amendments to Animal Cruelty Law: What Does the Draft Bill Say?
Priya Chetty-Rajagopal, the founder of CJ Memorial Trust, told The Quint that many provisions in the draft bill are still not clear and it has, therefore, led to some confusion. “The draft bill’s definition of a community animal has created more confusion. What happens to stray animals/dogs in these cases? The law should be amended […]
China legislators to revise Animal Husbandry Law
Photo taken on May 27, 2021 shows cattle at a farm in Yining county in Kazak autonomous prefecture of Ili, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua] China will improve disease monitoring of livestock and poultry to prevent public health risks by revising the Animal Husbandry Law, a senior legislator told a news conference on […]