Category: News Reports
Cooperative Housing Societies(CHS) and Resident Welfare Associations(RWA) spreading fake news saying that dogs and cats can cause COVID is a violation of the Disaster Management Act 2005. Strict action will be taken against such misinformation by the Government of India….
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Category: Against Animal Cruelty, Animal Laws of India, Animals, Articles, Be the Change, Do you know?, Information that empowers!, News Reports, Take Action!
Tags: Compassionate Citizen, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Disaster Management Act, Dogs and Cats don't spread Coronavirus, Government of India, India, Indian Veterinary Council, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Government of India)
Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India (abbreviated as ‘MHA’) on 25th March, 2020 has issued an addendum (meaning “add-on”) to its guidelines issued on 24th March 2020, asking Veterinary Hospitals and pharmacies to remain operational during the lockdown, which…
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Prime Minister Modi urged fellow Indians to show the spirit of “Compassion” to ovetcome the threat of Coronavirus in the country. He said this while he was interacting with the people of his Lok Sabha constituency — Varanasi — via…
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Category: Animals, Awareness Posters for Animal/Bird Welfare, Be the Change, Environment, Man and Animal: Stories of Kindness, News Reports, Relationships, Take Action!, Videos on Animals
Tags: Animal Lovers, compassion, Compassionate Citizen, Coronavirus, Covid-19, India, Narendra Modi, PM Modi, Prime Minister of India, Street Dog Feeding, Twitter
Please carry printouts of the PM’s advisory to the States about street animal welfare, and the letter from the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Upamanyu Basu, to show the authorities if they stop you from feeding. Please also…
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Category: Against Animal Cruelty, Against Pet Abandonment, Animal Laws of India, Animals, Articles, Awareness Posters for Animal/Bird Welfare, Be the Change, Information that empowers!, News Reports, Take Action!
Tags: Animal Lovers, Animal welfare, Animal Welfare Board of India, Animals, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Dogs and Cats don't spread Coronavirus, India, Narendra Modi, Veterinary aid, Veterinary Council of India, veterinary services
Senior BJP Leader and Member of Parliament, Maneka Gandhi on Saturday said that “The coronavirus is not transmitted through live animals.” Please scroll below to watch a news clipping, on this subject. She has also issued a letter on her…
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Category: Against Animal Cruelty, Against Pet Abandonment, Animal Laws of India, Animals, Articles, Awareness Posters for Animal/Bird Welfare, Be the Change, Court Judgements on Animal Issues - India, Games people play, Information that empowers!, News Reports, Pets, Stories from Ground Zero, Videos on Animals
Tags: Animal Lovers, Animal welfare, compassion, Compassionate Citizen, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Kindness, kindness to animals, Maneka Gandhi
The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI), a statutory body under the Government of India, has written to the chief secretaries of all State governments and Union Territories to ensure the well-being of pet animals amid the Corona virus threat….
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Category: Against Pet Abandonment, Animals, Awareness Posters for Animal/Bird Welfare, Be the Change, Do you know?, General/Animals, Information that empowers!, Man and Animal: Stories of Kindness, News Reports, Pets
Tags: Animal Lovers, Animal Welfare Board of India, Arjun Kapoor, Cat lovers, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Dog lovers, Dogs and Cats don't spread Coronavirus, Kindness, Mini Mathur, Twinkle Khanna, World Health Organisation
In coronavirus crisis, lessons for us, writes President Ram Nath Kovind – in The Hindustan Times, dated March 20, 2020 “Respect Nature *Humankind’s craving to control nature and exploit all its resources for profit can be wiped out in a…
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Category: Articles, Be the Change, Environment, Games people play, Information that empowers!, News Reports
Tags: Coronavirus, Covid-19, India, Love Animals, One Earth, President, Ram Nath Kovind, Respect Nature
Below is the copy of the Legal Notice sent by a Delhi based Animal Welfare Activist Rishi Dev to the Concerned Office Bearers in the SDMC i.e. South Delhi Municipal Corporation. It is to be noted that SDMC had advertised…
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Category: Articles, Be the Change, Do-it-Yourself (DIY) Series, Games people play, Information that empowers!, News Reports, Pets, Take Action!
Tags: Fine, India, Mayor of SDMC, Pet Dogs, Pick up the Poop, Responsible Pet Ownership, SDMC, South Delhi, South Delhi Municipal Corporation, Street Dogs
Years that we spend in school are amongst those times when our minds are most ‘impressionable’ i.e. receptive to new facts, new learnings every day. These are also the times when we are much more innocent at heart and can…
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Category: Against Animal Cruelty, Articles, Be the Change, Do you know?, News Reports, Take Action!
Tags: Canvas Shoes, CBSE, Central Board of Secondary Education, compassion, Compassionate Citizen, Kindness, kindness to animals, Non-leather shoes, School Uniform
We are quoting below verbatim from the Facebook post put by, Advocate Ms.Anjali Sharma, so that those who feed street dogs in Delhi and elsewhere can use this information BELOW to counter the misinformation that has spread following recent news…
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Category: Animal Laws of India, Articles, Be the Change, Court Judgements on Animal Issues - India, Do you know?, Do-it-Yourself (DIY) Series, Information that empowers!, News Reports, Street Dogs of India, Take Action!
Tags: Animal Laws, AWBI, Delhi, Delhi High Court, Misreporting by Indian Media houses, Street Dog Feeding Guidelines, Street Dogs
Ever wondered why we started JAAGRUTI, it was to help people care, co-exist or learn to care better for the animals that live on the streets, most commonly, the Indian Street Dog Through our experiential learning and sharing, we have…
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Category: Against Pet Abandonment, Articles, JAAGRUTI on Social Media, News Reports, Street Dogs of India
Tags: India, Jaagruti, Pet Abandonment, School of Journalism, Street Dogs, University of Queensland-Australia, UQ in India
This Holi, play it safe. Do ensure however, that in either your love towards the street or pet animals you care for OR in your post-bhaang madness you don’t put the colourful, toxic, harmful, chemical laced powdered or liquid Holi…
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The Supreme Court of India in a landmark and historic judgement passed in the morning of 7th May 2014 has favoured constitutional status for rights of animals like citizens and banned the use (and abuse) of Bulls and Bullocks in Jallikattu,…
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Category: Against Animal Cruelty, Animal Laws of India, Court Judgements on Animal Issues - India, News Reports, Videos on Animals
Tags: Animal Cruelty, Animal Laws, Animal Welfare Board of India, Bullfighting, Jallikattu, News, PETA, Supreme Court of India, Tamil Nadu, Video
The Hindu published the following article on the laws pet owners have to keep animals in their houses With apartment complexes becoming the norm, it becomes important for pet owners to understand their rights and responsibilities, for the welfare of their…
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Category: Against Animal Cruelty, Animals, Do you know?, Games people play, Information that empowers!, News Reports, Pets, Take Action!
Tags: Animal Cruelty, Animal Welfare Board of India, Bangalore, Central Mumbai Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Constitution of India, Delhi, Dogs, India, Indian Penal Code, Mumbai, Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon, People, Pets, Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960, Registrar of Societies (ROS)
High-decibel noise during festivals like Diwali can be very traumatic for animals. Children think its fun to throw crackers at them and watch the poor animals suffer. Parents should prevent kids from doing this. Here are 10 tips that pet owners,…
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Category: Against Animal Cruelty, Animals, Be the Change, Do you know?, Environment, Information that empowers!, Inspiration, News Reports, Pets, Take Action!
Tags: Diwali, India, Say NO to Firecrackers, Street Animals
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Category: Against Animal Cruelty, Animal Laws of India, Animals, Be the Change, Do you know?, Games people play, General/Animals, Information that empowers!, News Reports, Pets, Street Dogs of India, Take Action!
Tags: Animal Birth Control (ABC) Programme, Animal Cruelty, Animal Laws, Animal Welfare Board of India, Constitution of India, Delhi, Delhi High Court, Dogs, India, Indian Penal Code, Man and Animal, Man-Animal relationships, People, Pets, Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960, Street Dog Feeding, Street Dogs
To all those who feed and take care of their neighbourhood street dogs in India, we have one request. Don’t feel weak. The laws are on your side and also in favour of the street dogs you care for. In…
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Category: Against Animal Cruelty, Animal Birth Control (ABC) Programme/Street Dog Sterilization, Animal Laws of India, Animals, Be the Change, Do you know?, Do-it-Yourself (DIY)Series: Animal Rescue and Treatment, Information that empowers!, News Reports, Street Dogs of India
Tags: Animal Birth Control (ABC) Programme, Animal Laws, Animal Welfare Board of India, Animals, Delhi, Dogs, India, Judiciary and the animals, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, New Delhi Municipal Corporation, Police, Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960, Street Dog Feeding, Street Dogs
Animal Welfare Board of India has decided to issue Identity Cards to Street Dog Feeders/Colony Care Takers of Animals who are taking care of animals in their locality. A proforma of registration form can be downloaded from this link- http://awbi.org/awbi-pdf/caretakers.pdf or please…
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Category: Animal Birth Control (ABC) Programme/Street Dog Sterilization, Animal Laws of India, Animals, Be the Change, Do you know?, Do-it-Yourself (DIY)Series: Animal Rescue and Treatment, General/Animals, Information that empowers!, News Reports
Tags: Animal Birth Control (ABC) Programme, Animal Laws, Animal Welfare Board of India, current-events, Delhi, Delhi High Court, Dogs, India, Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960, Street Dog Feeding, Street Dogs
A few weeks back, someone happened to share with us the following article over an e-mail, the reason we are sharing it here is because we also get asked such questions repeatedly, by the people whom we interact professionally or…
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In the recent past, the Helpline at Jaagruti has received many calls from a lot of street dog lovers/pet owners in Gurgaon on the subject of their respective Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) barring them from keeping pets or feeding street…
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Category: Against Animal Cruelty, Animal Birth Control (ABC) Programme/Street Dog Sterilization, Animal Laws of India, Animals, Do you know?, Games people play, Information that empowers!, News Reports, Pets, Stories from Ground Zero, Street Dogs of India, Take Action!
Tags: Animal Laws, Gurgaon, India, Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon, Pets, Residential societies cant ban people from having pets, RWAs, Street Dog Feeding, Street Dogs
I am writing this post to share with you a very personal story that always springs back to our (me and my brother Vivek’s, we both co-founded Jaagruti) memories every Diwali or rather in the days nearing it, as we…
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Category: Be the Change, Do you know?, Environment, Information that empowers!, Inspiration, News Reports, Stories from Ground Zero, Take Action!
Tags: Anti-Fire cracker campaigns, Child Labour, Diwali, Fire Crackers, India, School
Over the past many months, Jaagruti’s helpline has been inundated with calls and queries from people across many major Indian cities, like Gurgaon, Mumbai, Bangalore and other metros where RWAs or Residential Welfare Associations that are formed in various societies…
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Category: Against Animal Cruelty, Animal Laws of India, Animals, Be the Change, Do you know?, Games people play, Information that empowers!, News Reports, Pets
Tags: Animal Laws, Dogs, India, Judiciary and the animals, Man and Animal, Man-Animal relationships, People, Pets, Residential societies cant ban people from having pets
As reported by Times of India’s Linah Baliga in a news report dated 17th April, 2012 MUMBAI: The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has banned the use of live animals in dissection and other experiments in educational and…
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Category: Animal Laws of India, Animals, Do you know?, Information that empowers!, News Reports
Tags: Animal Dissection, Animals in Experimentation, CPCSEA, India, Ministry of Environment and Forests, MoEF, Pharmacy Council of India, Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960, University Grants Commission
The below article written by Eunice deSouza in Pune Mirror is worth reading and sharing with as many ‘humans’ as you know. For this post says so much of what we at ‘Jaagruti’ always wanted to put in words. As…
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Category: Animals, Be the Change, Games people play, General/Animals, Inspiration, Man and Animal: Stories of Kindness, News Reports, Relationships, Stories from Ground Zero, Street Dogs of India
Tags: birds, Dogs, Emapthy, Emotions, Eunice DeSouza, India, Kindness, Love and loss, Man and Animal, Man-Animal relationships, People, Personality, Pune Mirror, Street Dogs
To read the Online version of this news story, please click here Excerpt from this story is quoted below: The Indira Gandhi International Airport here has initiated measures like using recycled papers at its premises in a bid to become a ‘green…
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Category: Environment, Inspiration, Jaagruti's interventions, News Reports, Paper Recycling Initiative - Jaagruti, Stories from Ground Zero
Tags: Delhi, Delhi International Airport Limited, Environment, Go Green!, India, Indira Gandhi International Airport, Jaagruti, Paper Recycling, Paper Recycling Services, waste management
Today’s Mumbai Mirror reports this heartening news, as reported by their correspondent Yogesh Sadhwani: Court clears duo arrested, humiliated for feeding dogs Two animal lovers from Thane, who were arrested and humiliated two years ago after a stray dog they…
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Category: Animal Laws of India, Animals, Games people play, Information that empowers!, Inspiration, News Reports, Stories from Ground Zero, Street Dogs of India, Take Action!
Tags: Animal Laws, Animal Welfare Board of India, Dogs, India, Jaishree Poonawala, judicial magistrate first class, Judiciary and the animals, Mumbai, Mumbai Magistrate Court, Police, Sanjeev Dighe and Yatin Mhatre, Street Dog Feeding, Street Dogs, Thane
Earlier this year, the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) had issued a circular asking different bodies, individuals to ban tail docking and ear clipping by vets for cosmetic purposes. The Veterinary Council of India (VCI) has now officially notified the…
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http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/jkmassculling/ Dr. Asgar Samoon, Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, had issued orders in March 2011 to kill all street dogs of Kashmir. A qualified veterinarian, he has admitted to the Animal Welfare Board of India, to requesting the ‘public’ to identify rabid…
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Category: Against Animal Cruelty, Animal Laws of India, Animals, Maoists and Indian Street Dogs, News Reports, Stories from Ground Zero, Street Dogs of India, Take Action!
Tags: Animal Cruelty, Animal Laws, Animal Welfare Board of India, Dogs, India, Kashmir, Politics, Street Dogs
Courtesy: The Pioneer By Hiranmay Karlekar Research shows that cruelty to animals often transmogrifies into criminal misdeeds and adds to a city’s list of crimes. The new Commissioner of Delhi Police would do well to crack down on those who treat…
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On a visit to an animal shelter a few weeks back, we met Priya, a female great Dane who was found abandoned on the road side by an animal ambulance. She was suffering from a tumour- a seemingly malignant one….
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Category: Against Animal Cruelty, Animals, Do you know?, News Reports, Pets
Tags: Animal Cruelty, Animal Welfare Board of India, Delhi, Dog breeding, Dogs, Income Tax Department, India, People, Pets, Puppy Mills
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Category: Animals, Do you know?, Inspiration, Man and Animal: Stories of Kindness, News Reports, Relationships, Stories from Ground Zero, Street Dogs of India
Tags: Cement Plant, Dogs, Environmental protest, Farmers, Farmers Protest, gujarat, India, Kindness, Love and loss, Man and Animal, Man-Animal relationships, People, Personality, Street Dogs
By आशीष पांडे Courtesy: Navbharat Times Monday March 14, 2011 एक शख्स ने पेपर में छपने के लिए शिकायत भेजी कि हमारे मोहल्ले में कई आवारा कुत्ते हैं। जब देखो भौंकते हुए पीछे पड़ जाते हैं, सड़क पर आराम से…
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Category: Animals, Articles/Posts in Hindi, Games people play, General/Animals, News Reports, Street Dogs of India
Tags: Animal Birth Control (ABC) Programme, Animal Laws, Delhi, Dogs, India, People, Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960, Street Dogs
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In August, this year when we at ‘Jaagruti’ received a call from the Gulati family in Faridabad alerting us to the fact that their colony RWA was disallowing them to take their dog ‘Pixie’ in the building lift, it prompted…
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Category: Animal Laws of India, Animals, Be the Change, Games people play, General/Animals, Information that empowers!, Inspiration, Man and Animal: Stories of Kindness, News Reports, Pets, Relationships
Tags: Animal Laws, Dogs, India, Judiciary and the animals, Man-Animal relationships, Mumbai, Pets, Pets using lifts
Animal Birth Control/ABC Programm involves sterilizing street dogs, vaccinating them against rabies and releasing them back into the areas where they were picked up from. The article below is kind courtesy of The Pioneer Newspaper, penned by noted senior journalist Mr….
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Category: Against Animal Cruelty, Animal Birth Control (ABC) Programme/Street Dog Sterilization, Animal Laws of India, Animals, Do you know?, General/Animals, Information that empowers!, News Reports, Street Dogs of India
Tags: Animal Birth Control (ABC) Programme, Animal Laws, Animal Welfare Board of India, Animals, Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth Games 2010, Delhi, Dogs, India, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, New Delhi Municipal Corporation, News, Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960
After the news of the report submitted by Commonwealth Games Federation President and CEO was made public by the electronic media early this week, it was apparently qouted and shown in the photographs submitted by the committee that,…
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Category: Against Animal Cruelty, Animal Laws of India, Animals, Be the Change, News Reports, Stories from Ground Zero, Street Dogs of India, Take Action!
Tags: Animal Birth Control (ABC) Programme, Animal Cruelty, Animal Laws, Animal Welfare Board of India, Animals, Commonwealth Games 2010, Delhi, Dogs, India, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, New Delhi Municipal Corporation, Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960, Street Dogs
Image Courtesy for the photos on this post: CNN IBN and Hindustan Times dated 16th June 2010 For video link to a story that illustrates how official neglect and government’s apathy has destroyed this river body and killed many an…
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Photograph above: Three street dogs protecting a new-born baby abandoned in Kolkata on the evening of 23rd May, 1996. Below is an excerpt of a news report filed by Pinaki Mujumdar on the 25th May, 1996 edition of a Bengali…
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Abhinav Bindra won the Olympic Gold Medal in 10 meter air rifle event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In his guest column in today’s HT City, the ace shooter writes about his bonding with dogs.
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