Animals’ Friend Hospital raided in memory of founder Crystal Rogers

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November/December 2010:

DELHI–Avenging the memory and intentions of Animals’ Friend
Hospital founder Crystal Rogers, 32 years after her forced
resignation by trustees she alleged were only trying to grab the
land, deputies for the Animal Welfare Board of India on October 23,
2010 removed all 18 dogs from the premises. The dogs were relocated
to the Friendicoes animal shelter, also in Delhi.
“With the dogs safe, we can work on taking action against
this so-called hospital, and the shocking cruelty that it was
perpetrating on the animals,” attorney Anjali Sharma e-mailed to
ANIMAL PEOPLE. “It is now being used by an unscrupulous
industrialist for housing his office and staff, with the hospital
merely a front.”

Wildlife SOS evacuates bear sanctuary

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November/December 2010:

BANGALORE–Responding to posters hung by Naxalist Maoist
rebels warning “Leave the forest if you wish to remain safe,”
Wildlife SOS cofounder Kartick Satyanarayan during the second week of
November 2010 led the evacuation of 22 former dancing bears from a
rescue center in Purulia, West Bengal, to the Bannerghatta Rescue
Center on the outskirts of Bangalore in Karnataka state, 1,200 miles
south.

Smaller Japanese fleet & bigger Sea Shepherd fleet sail toward Whale Wars IV

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November/December 2010:

TOKYO, HOBART–The Jap-anese whaling fleet sailed on
December 2, 2010 to kill whales in Antarctic waters declared off
limits by the International Whaling Commission since 2004. The Sea
Shepherd Conservation Society fleet sailed the same day for a seventh
winter of trying to stop the whalers, and a fourth winter of hosting
the Animal Planet crew that produces the documentary hit series Whale
Wars.

Zimbabwe/North Korea “Noah’s Ark” animal deal is reportedly cancelled due to international pressure

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 2010:

HARARE–The Zimbabwean government “has aborted a wildlife
trade deal with the secretive Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea
amid widespread condemnation from pressure groups,” Bernard Mpofu of
The Independent reported on June 17, 2010.
The Independent is the largest Zimbabwean newspaper not
controlled by the Zanu-PF political party, which is headed by
Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe.
The $23,000 deal was “blocked after local and international
natural resources campaigners criticised the destined living
conditions of the animals at Pyongyang Zoo,” Mpofu said.

Chinese government announces a crackdown on zoo animal abuses

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 2010:
(Actual press date November 3.)

BEIJING–Moving to bring zoos into compliance with
regulations included in a draft Chinese national anti-cruelty law,
the Ministry of Housing & Urban/Rural Development on October 27,
2010 “suggested” in an official web posting that zoos should
adequately feed and house animals, should stop selling wild animal
products and serving wild animal parts in restaurants, and should
stop staging circus-like trained animal acts.
The ministry “said inspections would be carried out to see if
zoos were complying,” reported Agence France-Press. “The ministry
pointed out that some zoos had been turned into for-profit
organizations, leading to poor management and to some animals dying
in abnormal conditions or maiming people. The suggestions laid out
include providing necessary health care and banning animal
performances to ‘prevent animals from being alarmed or provoked,'”
Agence France-Press continued.

Can “National Heritage” status save elephants in ever more crowded, faster moving India?

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 2010:
(Actual press date November 3.)

DELHI, GUWAHATI– The largest of land animals, but neither
faster than a poacher’s speeding bullet nor more powerful than a
locomotive, elephants are now officially protected with tigers as
“National Heritage Animals of India,” declared Indian environment
and animal welfare minister Jairam Ramesh on October 21, 2010.
Unclear is whether National Heritage status will help elephants any
more than it has helped tigers, who since gaining their National
Heritage designation in 1973 have been poached and illegally poisoned
for preying upon livestock to the verge of extinction across most of
India.
National Herit-age status helped to secure land and funding
for tiger conservation, and for about 30 years the tiger population
was believed to be recovering, but more recent findings have shown a
steep decline that was not previously noticed due to faulty research
and corrupt management in some tiger reserves.

Wildlife trafficking & alleged criminal genius

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 2010:
(Actual press date November 3.)

NEW DELHI–The Supreme Court of India on October 20, 2010
upheld the conviction of wildlife poacher and trafficker Sansar Chand
for possession of leopard skins.
Chand has been the most notorious poacher and trafficker in
India–and perhaps the world, rivaled only by international reptile
dealer Anson Wong, the so-called “Lizard King,” on trial in Malaysia
as the October 2010 edition of ANIMAL PEOPLE went to press. The
tabloid notoriety of both Chand and Wong has ascended since the
October 2004 death of Koose Munisamy Veerappan in a shootout with a
Tamil Nadu special task force sent to try to take him prisoner.

Volcano taxes Indonesian rescuers

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 2010:
(Actual press date November 3.)
YOGYAKARTA–“Animal conditions are really bad and sad,”
e-mailed Rosek Nurashid of ProFauna on October 31, 2010 from the
shadows of Mount Merapi, Indonesia, hours before it erupted for the
third of five times in a week. Each new blast made the already
catastrophic situation worse.
“Many cows are hungry and dying,” Nurashid wrote. “ProFauna
is trying to provide food and medicine. It’s hard to find grass,
because almost all the grass around Merapi is covered by dust, so
our team is looking for the grass from other regions.”

Pakistan flood recedes but animal welfare crisis is still underway

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 2010:
(Actual press date November 3.)

KARACHI–Floods that swamped more than a fifth of Pakistan
receded in October 2010, but the resultant animal welfare crisis may
have just begun.
“According to the Department of Livestock,” e-mailed
Pakistan Animal Welfare Society founder Mahera Omar, “1.2 million
mammals and six million poultry died in the floods. At least two
million hectares of cultivatable land were damaged. If the planting
seasons are missed, both livestock and people will continue to
suffer for a long time.”

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