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CSR: Meat and dairy industries draining world’s water supply

Estimates show that more than 163 million humans in India lack access to safe water and more than 190 million people go hungry, yet the meat, egg, and dairy industries are wasting massive amounts of water, grain, land, and other resources on animal agriculture. Animal agriculture contributes to water shortages, pollution, climate change, and...

Canada passes ‘Free Willy’ bill banning whale and dolphin captivity

Canada's House of Commons passed a bill Monday to make it illegal to hold a whale, dolphin or porpoise captive, punishable by fines up to $150,000 USD. It's known colloquially as the "Free Willy" bill, named after the 1993 movie in which a young boy frees a killer whale from a US amusement park. "Nothing...
Marine biologist Divya Karnad

Meet the first Indian woman to win prestigious Future for Nature award

Dr Divya Karnad, a marine biologist working on shark conservation, is the first Indian woman to win the prestigious Future for Nature award. An assistant professor of environment studies at the Ashoka University, she is among three young researchers globally selected for the award, given by the Netherlands-based Future for Nature Foundation, which includes...
herd of elephants can be protected by elephant corridors

Securing Elephant Corridors in India

At a time when a recent survey found seven elephant corridors in the country impaired, the Asian Elephant Alliance, an umbrella initiative by five NGOs, has come together to secure 96 out of the 101 existing corridors used by elephants across 12 States in India. What are elephant corridors? Elephant corridors are narrow strips of land...
Rajvi Mariwala

Rajvi Mariwala: ‘Interest in animal advocacy stems from feminism’

CSR should hold the end-user at the centre of any work, believes Rajvi Mariwala. The daughter of Marico chairman Harsh Mariwala, Rajvi is a serious feminist and passionate animal rights advocate. Find out how the interests of next-gen philanthropist Rajvi Mariwala reinforce each other in an exclusive interview for The CSR Journal print issue....
Indus River Dolphin

DCB Bank and WWF-India collaborate to conserve the endangered Indus River Dolphin

Dolphins are an indicator species of healthy river systems. India is one of the few countries in the world that has two fresh water dolphin species - the Gangetic River Dolphin and the Indus River Dolphin, sub-species of South Asian River Dolphin. The latter is listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation...
Agra bear rescue

CSR for animal welfare is geared towards human welfare

After decades of struggling for recognition, the animal protection cause is now considered one of the paramount social justice issues of modern times. Any company that takes the step towards supporting this movement through CSR for animal welfare is sure to increase its goodwill. Animal NGOs are very vociferous in India. Why not get them on...
Barbary Ape - Endangered Species - On verge of Extinction

CSR: Growth at the Price of Life

The global economy is growing at a rapid speed. However, the price for this growth is being paid by nature in the most horrendous manner. The relentless pursuit of growth combined with the impact of climate change has put one million species at risk of extinction, according to a report on the damage done by modern...

It is cruel to wear silk. Find out why

Did you know, some 6,600 silkworms are killed to make just 1 kilogram of silk? Silk is the fibre that silkworms weave to make their cocoons – outer casings that protect them during the pupal stage. But most of the insects used by the silk industry don’t live past this stage, because they are boiled...
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Australia’s Senate has passed a bill banning cosmetic animal testing

The testing of cosmetics on animals has been a hot button topic for many years the world over with many animal welfare groups and even cosmetics companies, including The Body Shop, campaigning to have the practice banned globally. There has been some global progress in this campaign, in the UK testing cosmetic products and their...

World Sparrow Day celebrated on March 20

Widespread use of concrete and cell phone radiation has affected sparrows as well as the other common flora and fauna in urban habitat and is a dire warning to humans about impending environmental hazards. 20th March is earmarked as World Sparrow Day annually, to raise awareness about the importance of sparrows in the ecosystem and...
industrial dairy

The reality of the dairy industry and its cows

India is moving towards intensive factory farming practices, in which animals are treated like inanimate machines. A cow contentedly chewing her cud may look as though she does not have a care in the world, but there is a lot going on behind those big brown eyes. Traditionally, cows raised for milk roamed free and...

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