Animal Rights: October 2004 Archives

23 October 2004

PATNA, India - Pollution from immersing thousands of Hindu idols in India’s sacred Ganges river is threatening dolphins and other aquatic creatures such as turtles, environmentalists said Saturday.

Vultures are carnivorous birds. Yet it is found that they are not cruel or heartless. Usually, like eagles, they do not attack living humans or animals. Their habit is to eat the flesh of dead bodies. There was an incident in my childhood that I can still vividly recall.

October 08, 2004 — By Simon Denyer, Reuters

GUWAHATI, India — It is an unexpected headache for the Indian army, an unlikely embarrassment for the government, and an unwelcome challenge for the railways department.

Elephants in India are on the rampage, coming into conflict with humans ever more frequently and ever more dangerously. It is a battle the normally gentle animals seem destined to lose.