Jane Goodall, renowned primatologist and anthropologist, emphasized to a rapt, packed, fawning audience at the Tata Theatre in Bombay’s iconic National Centre for the Performing Arts yesterday the need for people to learn about and understand nature. Delivering the closing address at the Literature Live! 2024 event held over three days at the NCPA, the U.N. Messenger of Peace explained why this has become so important in the modern world where technology is taking people...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last month declined to accept petitions filed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and other advocacy groups, including Born Free USA and Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, as well as renowned primatologists Jane Goodall and Biruté Mary Galdikas, to list long-tailed macaques (scientific name Macaca fascicularis) and southern pig-tailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina) under the Endangered Species Act, according to a press release from the National Association for...
Bird Buddy, the award-winning technology-for-nature start-up based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA, has launched its latest product, Smart Bird Feeder PRO. The feeder incorporates the new Nature Cam PRO, which heralds the birth of next-generation bird-watching cameras. This innovation brings bird enthusiasts closer to nature in their backyards with crystal-clear imagery and cutting-edge features. The Smart Bird Feeder PRO is available for order now at $239, or about Rs20,000, excluding Indian taxes. Shipping begins this month....
Unisex names are passé. Uni-species names are here. Two separate surveys in the USA, one pertaining to cats and the other pertaining to dogs, found that the most popular name for cats and female dogs in the country in 2024 was Luna. (In the India of the 1970s and 1980s, Luna was a popular moped manufactured by the TVS Motor Company Ltd.) Among cats, Luna was followed in popularity by Leo and Kitty, both of...
Have you hired a professional walker for your dog because you do not have the time to take the pooch out on your own? How many dogs does your walker walk at one time? One? Two? Three? Five? Canadian dog lover Mitchell Rudy aka The Dog set a new Guinness world record for most dogs walked simultaneously by an individual last month when he took 38—yes, that’s right, THIRTY-EIGHT—rescued dogs for a walk of over...
Alley Cat Allies, leader of a global movement to protect cats and kittens, has doubled its reward offer from $7,500 to $15,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for killing several cats in the town of Lake Clarke Shores, Palm Beach County, Florida, around April. According to investigators, the cats appeared to have been shot. Anyone with information on the cat killer or killers is requested to...
Less than two months ago, on August 12, conservationists globally observed World Elephant Day. On the occasion, TheSnout.in posted a short article about the state of elephants mostly in Asia. Among other things, the report said 3 out of 5 Asian elephants are to be found in India, and the country has about 27,000 of the 45,000 pachyderms estimated to survive across Asia. Now it appears that the situation of the Indian elephant may have...
IBM, provider of global hybrid cloud, artificial intelligence, and consulting expertise to clients in more than 175 countries, and the World Wide Fund for Nature-Germany have announced that they will work together to develop a solution to help monitor keystone species. The first keystone species to be taken up by the project is the critically endangered African forest elephant. The International Union for Conservation of Nature defines keystone species as those that are critical to...
Remember Paul the Octopus? Yeah, the one who became a sensation during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, with his reported “ability” to predict the winners of football matches involving the country he was born and lived in, Germany. At the World Cup, Paul predicted, correctly, the results of all seven matches involving the German team and of the final between Spain and The Netherlands. (For those who did not know, Spain won...
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, or Greater Bangalore Municipal Corporation, has issued guidelines for the care of pets and stray animals, finally ending the abuse of position and power by the tinpot dictators of residents’ welfare associations, commonly referred to as RWAs, local newspapers reported. Under the guidelines, these ‘welfare’ associations, usually dominated by people who are derisively referred to by progressive citizens and younger generations as WhatsApp uncles, have been told to ensure that...
