The retail sale of pet animals in shops will be prohibited by law throughout the state of New York, USA, from December 15, CBS News reported. The Puppy Mill Pipeline Act, which was passed by the state legislature in December 2022 and signed by Governor Kathy Hochul on December 16, applies to dogs, cats, and rabbits. It will still be legal to adopt pets through humane societies, animal rescues, and licensed breeders. On Thursday, the...
The Madras High Court refused last week to grant custody of a partially paralysed infant monkey to a Coimbatore veterinarian who had found it in a critical condition and cared for it for over 10 months, the Indo-Asian News Service reported. The case is a study of how the “rules” and the bureaucracy ensure that nothing, not even the welfare of an individual, an animal in this case, stand in their way. Rejecting the petition...
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...
