** Shares in DSM-Firmenich DSFIR jump around 14% to their highest level since May 2023 after the group reported annual profit beat helped by cost-saving measures and said it would carve out its animal nutrition and health business ** The company said its core adjusted net profit was 555 million euros ($595 million) in 2023, 14% […]
HC directive to govt. to immediately prepare plans to prevent human-animal conflict in Wayanad
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday directed the Additional Chief Secretary, General Administration to file within ten days a plan detailing immediate short-term steps that will be taken to prevent the straying of wild animals into human settlements in Wayanad district. The Bench comprising Justice A. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Gopinath P. […]
Brussels, my love? EU parks plans to promote animal welfare
In this edition of Brussels, my love?, we hear how the European Commission is juggling multiple files in the context of geopolitical turmoil. ADVERTISEMENT This week we were joined by Ladislav Ilcic, a Croatian MEP from the European Conservatives and Reformists, Ciaran Cuffe, an Irish MEP from the Green party and Suzanna Carp, deputy director of […]
Tamil Nadu Animal Welfare Board plans to train 500 veterinarians to help with animal birth control programme
The Tamil Nadu Animal Welfare Board (TNAWB) has planned to train nearly 500 veterinarians to carry out Animal Birth Control (ABC) programmes across the State, especially in municipalities and town panchayats that do not have qualified vets. In a sensitisation workshop on the ABC programme for officials from municipalities, corporations, and town panchayats, the TNAWB […]
Animal rights activists protest octopus farm plans in Spain
MADRID (AP) — Animal rights activists have gathered in Madrid to protest plans for the construction of a large-scale octopus farm. They said Sunday that there are no laws in the country or the European Union to guarantee the welfare of octopuses in captivity. The farm is scheduled to be built next year in Spain’s […]
Life or death for wolves hinges on state management plans
Next month marks the one-year anniversary of the return of federal Endangered Species Act protections to wolves in most of the lower 48 states—a stunning victory that resulted from a lawsuit filed by the Humane Society of the United States and key allies. While we continue to celebrate that win, our effort to protect wolves […]
Montgomery County plans animal shelter study focused on easing overcrowding
Montgomery County is planning a study of its animal shelter to determine how it will move forward with the existing facility or build a new one. Commissioners agreed during a Dec. 13 meeting to add an assessment of the shelter to the county’s facilities master plan approved in March 2019. The study is being conducted […]
City and county officials discuss plans for animal shelter at Cedar Grove Business Park
The need for a new animal shelter has been on—and off—the city’s agenda since at least 2018, when it was determined that the former shelter, a small cinderblock building on the waterfront at the Grand Marais Recreation Park needed to be removed to make way for improvements to the boat launch. The former animal shelter […]
Taiwan FDA plans to remove animal studies for tooth health products
The regulator said on August 17 that it was seeking public feedback in the next 60 days on the recommendations that it has made. In Taiwan, health foods that make oral health claims can state the following “helps to increase the pH value of dental plaque in the oral cavity”, “helps to reduce the accumulation […]
Fairfield approves plans for animal hospital on Hillside Road
FAIRFIELD — A proposed veterinary hospital got approval from the Town Plan and Zoning Commission Tuesday night after it was denied last year. Greenfield Animal Hospital was seeking a special permit application as well as a zoning change to allow them to move their operations from 212 Hillside Road to 40 Hillside Road in the […]