Most human beings have no respect for their own defecation, nor does it really matter where they go: in communal bathrooms, in individual ones, or in the open. They eat and drink so badly that their faeces stink and spreads disease. But animals, especially wild ones, are particular. Many species cho...
Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Minister, Women & Child Welfare, GoINot so long ago, the 16th century philosopher, Rene Descartes described animals as red-blooded machines without thoughts or wishes. We have come a long way since then. Step by step scientists have discovered intelligence, self...
This year witnessed the lowest ever seen maximum and minimum sea-ice coverage in the Arctic and the Antarctic, respectively. Warmer-than-average temperatures and other factors (such as storms) during the winter slowed ice growth in the region. A gradual increase in the average temperature of t...
Most people who follow a religion never read its holy books. They simply follow social customs that pretend to be part of the religion. For instance, the Prophet Mohammed’s eating habits were very frugal and he espoused vegetarianism by his actions and teachings, but every Muslim will swear ...
Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Minister, Women & Child Welfare, GoIIn all the recent sound and fury about Jallikattu, many people from Tamil Nadu quoted the Thirukkural to justify their support to this sport, which many animal rights activists view as horrendous cruelty to helpless animals. In fact, afte...
Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Minister, Women & Child Welfare, GoILast week I brought a dog, called Sweeney, home from my hospital Sanjay Gandhi Animal Care Centre. She had been thrown there by a family that said she smelt bad, and no matter how many times they bathed her, the smell came back. Attacked ...