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Animal Welfare Adoption Challenge
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- Published on Tuesday, 20 August 2013 15:20
The 2013 American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) challenge has invited shelters from across the USA to innovate and accelerate their adoptions programmes...
Animal welfare charities are competing for a slice of up to 600,000 USD in prize money...
The charity says more than 36,000 pets have already been saved in the first two months of the annual challenge...
Azam Wants 25% Minority Quota in Welfare Schemes
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- Published on Friday, 07 June 2013 23:28
In the light of the state government's plan to reserve 20 per cent quota for minorities in various welfare schemes, Minister of Minority Welfare Azam Khan has said his plan is to get 25 per cent of the benefits reserved for minorities.
Talking to the media on Friday, Khan said it will be a step to empower Muslims and other minorities since they cannot be given reservation in jobs due to constitutional restrictions.
Backs Pro-Dog Campaign
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- Published on Thursday, 20 September 2012 18:15
Ricky Gervais is supporting the WSPA Red Collar campaign that is calling on governments to run dog friendly vaccination programmes to help stamp out rabies.
Gervais has come out in support of the World Society for Protection of Animals - WSPA charity’s Red Collar campaign, a campaign for dog friendly measures instead of euthanasia for dogs as a way of controlling rabies.
