Free Sunder: Keeping elephant chained is cruel, Bombay high court says
Vijay Singh,TNN
MUMBAI: On Monday, during a Bombay high court hearing, PETA’s lawyers Shiraz Rustomjee and Rohan Rajadhyaksha presented finding by elephant experts Dr EK Easwaran, assistant director, department of animal husbandry, Kerala and Dr Yaduraj Khadpekar, senior veterinary officer, Wildlife SOS-India who visited 14-year-old elephant Sunder on February 19 and argued that Sunder is being kept so harshly chained that he’s unable to lie down …
Times of India – Mar 3, 2014, 09.40 PM IST
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PETA Abandons $1 Million Prize for Artificial Chicken
John Travis – Deputy News Editor
Don’t expect an artificial chicken in every pot anytime soon. Since 2008, the animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has offered $1 million to anyone able to create a commercially viable artificial meat from growing chicken cells. But although scientists are making progress toward artificial hamburgers ( news.sciencemag.org/biology/20… ), even a 2-year extension from the original deadline of 2012 wasn’t enough to lure applicants for PETA’s prize. With the award’s latest deadline expiring tomorrow, ScienceInsider asked the group about its plans and PETA President Ingrid Newkirk released the following statement: …
Science News – 3 March 2014 2:30 pm
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Why you want to save the whales, but not the crickets
By Matt Soniak
Not all wildlife is created equal in our eyes, and our perception matters a lot when it comes to conservation.
The 2012 elections ( www.opensecrets.org/news/2012/… ) cost roughly $6 billion. Yes, that’s extraordinarily expensive — but hey, we were electing the leader of the free world. So you might be surprised to hear that that $6 billion figure is about the same value that Americans place on monarch butterflies …
The Week Magazine – 3 March 2014 11:57 am ET
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