Animal Welfare
Animal Welfare Board withdraws appeal to celebrate Feb 14 as 'Cow Hug Day'
Appeal on website earlier this week generated comments on social media
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Animal Welfare Board withdraws appeal to celebrate Feb 14 as 'Cow Hug Day'
Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) on Friday said it has withdrawn the appeal to celebrate February 14 as 'Cow Hug Day' following directions from the government. February 14 is observed as Valentine's Day across the world. "As directed by the competent authority and Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, the appeal issued by the Animal Welfare Board of India for celebration of Cow Hug Day on 14th February, 2022 stands withdrawn," the board's Secretary S K Dutta said in a notice. It was for the first time that the AWBI had appealed to cow lovers in the country to celebrate 'Cow Hug Day'.
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Valentine date: Mark Feb 14 as 'Cow Hugging Day', says Animal Welfare Board
Hugging animal will bring emotional richness and increase happiness, it says
Elon Musk's brain-implant firm under probe after 1,500 animal deaths
Neuralink is developing a brain implant it hopes will help paralyzed people walk again and cure other neurological ailments
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Jhunjhunwala's firm Rare in talks with Barclays to prepay Rs 500 crore loan
The loan was used to fund the acquisition of Zydus Cadila's animal healthcare business in 2021
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Six-month wait for public to see the wild cats: Project Cheetah Head
In a Q&A, S P Yadav says there have been concerns about the reintroduction project in terms of the ecological adaptation of the felines and co-habitation with other species
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Lumpy Skin disease: No immediate impact on milk output, say states
Officials worry that disease may affect fertility of affected animals, and of their offspring
 "Lumpy Skin disease: No immediate impact on milk output, say states")
Centre sends animal experts team to Gujarat to control lumpy virus spread
The Central government has deputed a team of animal experts team to Gujarat to study and control the Lumpy Skin disease, Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel said on Monday.
Exotic inflation: Price no worry for Indian collectors to get status pets
The prices are no deterrent for those eager to be 'different' or seeking exotic pets as status symbols.
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Shareholders re-elect McDonald's directors, Icahn loses board battle
Preliminary tallies showed shareholders backed all 12 of McDonald's directors and that Icahn's two nominees received approximately 1% of the vote, the company said.
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Vedanta's Anil Agarwal Foundation launches animal welfare campaign
Animal lovers and cattle managers will soon have the opportunity to learn more about the medical status of the strays as well as their live stocks.
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Musk's Neuralink allegedly subjected monkeys to 'extreme suffering'
In one example, a monkey was allegedly found missing some of its fingers and toes 'possibly from self-mutilation or some other unspecified trauma'
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Govt examining proposals on raising penalty for animal cruelty
The government is examining several representations received on raising the penalty for animal cruelty from the existing Rs 50 for such an offence
 "Govt examining proposals on raising penalty for animal cruelty")
Quikr has ended animal sales, taken down pet trading listings: PETA India
PETA India claimed that e-retailer Quikr has ended "animal sale" on its portal and taken down "pet trading" ads
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Animal pharma Boehringer Ingelheim bets big on pet care segment in India
Boehringer Ingelheim plans to bring innovative products catering mainly to pets and poultry segment in India, as it expects these verticals to grow in a robust manner over the next few years
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Furry tails: A home for rescued animals and a habitat classroom for kids
Sanjeev Pednekar from Bengaluru is running this home through his venture Prani
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Over 28,000 species are officially threatened, with more likely to come
These numbers seem small when thinking about the estimated 1 mn species at risk of extinction, but only 1% of the world's animals, fungi and plants have been formally assessed on the IUCN Red List
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Animal welfare has become a business, and the black sheep need to be exposed: Naresh Kadyan
Interview with animal activist and chairman, People for Animals Haryana
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