Bengaluru : The Union government on Thursday told the High Court of Karnataka to allow Kambala — a traditional slush track buffalo race — to be conducted for now, but with some riders, at the two coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi. However, the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has opposed the sport, […]

Mangaluru : The government will write to the Animal Welfare Board of India explaining that animal cruelty was not a part of Kambala as it is with Jallikattu which was explicitly banned by the (May 7) Supreme Court order , said B. Ramanath Rai, Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environment here on Saturday, Nov 22. […]

Mangaluru : The Apex Court’s ban on the exhibition and training of bulls as performing animals has been extended to Kambala by the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI), Chennai. This has cast a shadow on the Shirva Kambala to be held on Saturday. The Chennai-based body has directed state chief secretary to issue directions […]