Kerala, India: High Court orders registration of companion animals

Kerala High Court makes law by ordering that local authorities initiate the registration of pets

NEWS AND COMMENT: This is a strange news story coming out of India. There are several articles in Indian online newspapers talking about the Kerala High Court making an order which directs that all six municipal corporations in the state take steps to register/licence pet dogs. The first problem with this story is that …

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Feral cat feeders versus senior citizens over the cats in a park in Mumbai, India

Feral cats of park in Mumbai - Maheshwari Udyan

MUMBAI, INDIA-NEWS AND COMMENT: The police based at Matunga Police Station have told the senior citizens who use a beautiful park called Maheshwari Udyan that they cannot have the feral cats in that park relocated out of the park. The senior citizens who use this park, which is under a flyover, say that the …

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Can captive big cats in zoos get Covid-19 from their food?

Can big cats in Indian zoos get Covid-19 from their food?

It has been reported that eight Asiatic lions at the Hyderabad Zoo in India have been infected with Covid-19. The number may be higher and it is thought that the transmission to lions at this zoo is due to the massive surge in infections among humans in India, which we have all heard about. …

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