Asia for Animals, 2007: Chennai Online report

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*Asia for Animals-2007 meet in Chennai *

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*Chennai, Dec 20: Animal welfare organisation Blue Cross will host the

fourth international 'Asia for Animals-2007' conference in Chennai from

January 10 to 12.

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*Talking to reporters here today, Blue Cross chairman Dr S Chinny Krishna

said Animal Welfare Board of India and CPR Environmental Education Centre

would co-sponsor the event.

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*About 300 delegates from 30 countries would be participating in the

conference, he said. Among the delegates, 100 would be from India, 150 from

other Asian countries and 50 from Europe and North America.

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*There would be technical sessions on global issues, role of government

agencies, farm animals, animals in research, fund raising, religion and

animal welfare, wildlife, captive animals, companion animals and rescue

centre operations.

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*Former Union Minister Maneka Gandhi would deliver the keynote address, he

said.

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*Answering a question on street dog menace, he said only animal birth

control could solve the problem. The ABC programme was a success in Chennai

and the Blue Cross was ready to provide training to local groups for such

programmes.

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*Animal activist and actress Amala Akkineni, who was also present, said the

Centre should provide more funds to the Blue Cross as it had to allocate

money to more than 2,000 organisations in the country for protection of

animals. (Our Correspondent)

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Published: Wednesday, December 20, 2006*