Seafood is responsible for a large proportion of food-borne illnesses. These are caused by a variety of bacteria, viruses, and parasites. Chemicals, metals, marine toxins, and infectious agents have been found in seafood. Health and fitness advisors often emphasise on
Vegetarianism, at its most superficial level, is the not eating of animal flesh. And should include milk which is liquid animal flesh. But do you keep track of what the industry feeds you by way of animal organs and glands
India has 37 pure cattle breeds. Five of these — Sahiwal (at 2000-4000 kg/lactation on average), Gir (2000-6000 kg/lactation on average), Red Sindhi (2000-4000 kg/lactation on average), and Tharparkar and Rathi (1800-3500 kg/lactation on average each), — are known for
Compassion is often confused with weakness. It is the most extreme form of courage. It is only courage that allows us to move into areas of deep suffering and pain. It is so easy to turn away from “graphic” or
They change their forms to look like species that predators avoid. Their scents change, their colours blend in with the background or with their prey. Their ways of surviving are nothing less than magical. Mimicry, by changing form, shape and
Breeding for bigger, faster-growing chickens is probably tied to the emergence of wooden breast, says food scientist Massimiliano Petracci of Italy’s University of Bologna. “It’s not the final weight so much as it is how fast the bird gets there,”
As people get bored, they look for reasons to be unhappy and fight. Meditate, play cards, read, don’t watch TV, feed birds and animals and above all, be compassionate. A few experiences of the millions I have had during the first
Charles Darwin was fascinated by their intelligence. He kept them as pets, joined pigeon clubs and wrote about them extensively. Pigeons have extraordinary vision and can distinguish between nearly identical shades of colour. They can also read the alphabet, if
All over the world, dog squads are specially treated. The handlers are specially chosen, the dogs are kept well and when they retire, they either stay with their handlers or are given for adoption to loving families. Not so in
413 million birds are what international agencies say we have lost in the last 5 years. 10,000 bird species are now endangered of which 1,200 are now almost extinct. 190 species are extinct. I have not seen many crows in
