Category: Animal Rights
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A Legal Analysis of the Animal Protection Laws in India in the context of the Elephant Death case in Palakkad
INTRODUCTION On May 30th, a section forest officer in Mannarkkad in the Palakkad district posted a heartfelt post regarding the death of an injured elephant in the Palakkad district of Kerala. In his post, he reported that a female elephant succumbed to death on the 27th of May, while standing in a river. The cause…
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‘Animals as Legal Entity’ – Karnail Singh v. State of Haryana: A critical analysis
The current paradigm is being challenged and legislations, political declarations and judgments across the globe are recognizing the rights of nature, moving towards Earth-Centric paradigm. Such a step is inexorable as the traditional environmental legislation approach, in which nature is a passive element being protected by law, has proved not to be much effective. Amidst…
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Culling of Stray Dogs: Violating Right to life of Stray Dogs
Recently, Apex Court came out with order, prohibiting the culling of stray dogs, indiscriminately. It is a matter of concern, that why it had to take such a step? In Kerala a group people have been indulging in practice of culling stray dogs, as they have came across many incidents, where deaths have occurred due…
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