Australasian Animal Studies Association

Varda Mehrotra on India’s Animal Protection Movement

From 1990 to 2007 I (Christine Townend) was living in India, as managing trustee of an animal protection organisation in Jaipur, and during this time I started two more animal shelters in Kalimpong and Darjeeling in the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas. During this time I saw how  much a Federation of animal shelters was […]

THE END OF DOLPHINARIUMS IN INDIA

VARDA MEHROTRA on THE END OF DOLPHINARIUMS IN INDIA The Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO) was established in 2007 to unite and recruit animal activists in a country with tremendously diverse issues, cultures, species and challenges. It is the only national animal organization which serves as a rallying point for many organisations, valuing coalition, […]