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Horrified by cruelty, this animal lover started an NGO that has rescued more than 6,000 animals in Karnataka
Ballari-based Humane World for Animals (previously CARE) was started by Nikhita Iyer after personally witnessing animal cruelty, and is now safeguarding stray and wild animals in many places around Karnataka.
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Not all inspiring stories have a happy beginning. Some are born out of a personal tragedy and the need to address pain.
When she was in Class VII,
Nikitha Iyer moved to Ballari, Karnataka from Chennai with her parents. Her family took care of a pregnant dog, who gave birth to six puppies. However, almost all the puppies, and the mother, succumbed to a disease called
BengaluruKarnatakaIndiaRaichurMallapuramTamil-naduHospetDelhiGuntakalAndhra-pradeshChennaiBallariAs a child,
Vidhi Singhal was very passionate about fashion. In fact, in 2017, she quit her corporate job to start
The August Company — a sustainable fashion startup — in Bengaluru. But after reading about the kind of pollution in the earth and the need for sustainability, she wanted to do more than just make money.
To further that mission, the startup is now working on the
three pillars of sustainability — social, economic, and environmental. The August Company’s workforce comprises
90 percent of women. In fact, it pays fair wages and fixed salaries to all its employees. The startup ensures its products are environment-friendly and makes accessories with remnant fabrics. It also uses
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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Angela Cardone, a military working dog handler with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, conducts training at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 19, 2018. (Seth Rosenberg/U.S. Marine Corps)
12 Mar 2021 Military.com | By Robin Ganzert, Ph.D.
Robin Ganzert, Ph.D., is president and CEO of American Humane. She is the author of "Mission Metamorphosis: Leadership for a Humane World."
Last month, retired military working dog Bogi traveled more than 4,000 miles, from Iwakuni, Japan, to Honolulu, Hawaii, to be reunited with her former handler, Marine Corps Sgt. Angela Cardone. It was a heartwarming, beautiful reunion, and one that deserves to be replicated every time an MWD retires from service.
United-statesHonoluluHawaiiAfghanistanJapanIwakuniYamaguchiAmericanAngela-cardoneRobin-ganzertLois-popeMission-metamorphosisThree crises threaten human survival, Chomsky warns
The world is facing a confluence of three major crises that threaten the survival of humanity, and internationalism, solidarity and education are the only way to solve them, according to the linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky.
He was talking to the STAR (Society of Transnational Academic Researchers) Scholars Network conference, “Shaping a Humane World: Higher education perspectives”, held online on 8 December, at which he presented the inaugural A Noam Chomsky Global Connections Awards, which recognise individuals with a “deep impact on advancing global, social mobility” via transnational research and human connections.
“We cannot overlook the fact that we are in a unique moment of human history. Humans have been on earth for a few hundred thousand years. They are an astonishing miracle, the results of many pure accidents… for the first time in four billion years on earth, creatures who can ponder the types of questions we are discussing,” Chomsky said.
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