Many animals, even insects, are subjected to unimaginably painful torture in pharmaceutical laboratories. In 1977 BWC convinced India to ban

Horses, ponies, camels and elephants traditionally feature in religious functions. Firecrackers are exploded and music blares, often scaring the animals

FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) allows only sheep, goats, pigs, bovine i.e. cattle like buffaloes and mithun,

Some humans believe the blood, oil and organs of many creatures to be aphrodisiacs. Men with baskets of lizards were

Aquariums are submerged jails for aquatic creatures, as zoos are jails for animals of the air and land. They attract

India has over a hundred bat species including the flying fox, considered the world’s largest. They are found in the

In ancient times in India jungle fowl, partridges, quails and cocks were made to fight as a pastime for humans.

In 2017, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) imposed a nationwide ban on the manufacture, sale, storage, purchase and use of

Wind energy harnesses the kinetic energy of air currents to rotate the blades of wind turbines, generating electric power. Typically,

Animals are not killed for meat and leather alone, but also for their bones, hooves and horns. Close to 21

This is about bulls (and bullocks: castrated bulls) made to perform for entertainment in different parts of India. The Konkani

Butterflies or moths begin as caterpillars, hatching from eggs and eating leaves voraciously as they grow while sloughing their skins

BWC aims to get the importing, poaching, trading and caging of all birds banned.The person who buys and flaunts a

The United Nations General Assembly declared 2024 as the International Year of Camelids with the unfortunate aim of exploiting them

Indian candles are usually made from paraffin wax, which may be of animal origin if bone charcoal has been used

The definition of a weapon under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, 2 (35) reads: “’weapon’ includes ammunition, bows and arrows,