BE A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS
Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.
—Albert Schweitzer, French philosopher, physician, and musician (Nobel 1952)
Whenever people say “We mustn’t be sentimental,” you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And if they add “We must be realistic,” they mean they are going to make money out of it.
—Brigid Brophy (1929–1995)
—Albert Schweitzer, French philosopher, physician, and musician (Nobel 1952)
Whenever people say “We mustn’t be sentimental,” you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And if they add “We must be realistic,” they mean they are going to make money out of it.
—Brigid Brophy (1929–1995)
There is no fundamental difference between man and the higher animals in their mental faculties.… The lower animals, like man, manifestly feel pleasure and pain, happiness, and misery.
—Charles Darwin, naturalist and author (1809–1882)
—Charles Darwin, naturalist and author (1809–1882)
Life is life – whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man’s own advantage.
—Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950)
—Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950)
Humanity’s true moral test, its fundamental test…consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect humankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.
—Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, 1984
—Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, 1984
As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony between people. Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together.
—Isaac Bashevis Singer, writer and Nobel laureate (1902–1991)
Poor animals! How jealously they guard their pathetic bodies…that which to us is merely an evening’s meal, but to them is life itself.
—T. Casey Brennan (1948–)
About 2,000 pounds of grains must be supplied to livestock in order to produce enough meat and other livestock products to support a person for a year, whereas 400 pounds of grain eaten directly will support a person for a year. Thus, a given quantity of grain eaten directly will feed 5 times as many people as it will if it is eaten indirectly by humans in the form of livestock products.…
—M.E. Ensminger, PhD
—Isaac Bashevis Singer, writer and Nobel laureate (1902–1991)
Poor animals! How jealously they guard their pathetic bodies…that which to us is merely an evening’s meal, but to them is life itself.
—T. Casey Brennan (1948–)
About 2,000 pounds of grains must be supplied to livestock in order to produce enough meat and other livestock products to support a person for a year, whereas 400 pounds of grain eaten directly will support a person for a year. Thus, a given quantity of grain eaten directly will feed 5 times as many people as it will if it is eaten indirectly by humans in the form of livestock products.…
—M.E. Ensminger, PhD
Truly man is the king of beasts, for his brutality exceeds them. We live by the death of others. We are burial places.
—Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519)
—Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519)
ADOPT A HOMELESS ANIMAL...
PETA's Be Indian Bark Indian campaign encourages Indians to become the proud owners of 100% asli Indian dogs. The best people have Desi dogs.
Maneka Gandhi has 17 rescued dogs in her home, Navtej Johar has 6, Pritish Nandy has 2. Om Puri had an Indian dog that lived for 14 years, Shatrughan Sinha's family has only Indian dogs.
Aamir Khan has adopted one from a village near where he was shooting while nephew Imran has taken in an abandoned pet.
Having an Indian dog is perhaps the best social statement you can make as it proclaims you to be bright, generous and self confident. In fact, almost as purty as your pooch
Maneka Gandhi has 17 rescued dogs in her home, Navtej Johar has 6, Pritish Nandy has 2. Om Puri had an Indian dog that lived for 14 years, Shatrughan Sinha's family has only Indian dogs.
Aamir Khan has adopted one from a village near where he was shooting while nephew Imran has taken in an abandoned pet.
Having an Indian dog is perhaps the best social statement you can make as it proclaims you to be bright, generous and self confident. In fact, almost as purty as your pooch
STOP BREEDING ANIMALS FOR PROFIT...DARE TO CARE
DOG BREEDING, MARKETING AND SALE RULES
PREAMBLE
Breeding, marketing and sale of dogs has come to stay as a high-level
commercial venture in India, involving thousands of breeders and pet shops
in a multi-crore industry. An enormous need has also emerged for lakhs of
pups of specific breeds from prospective pet owners, most of whom are
ignorant regarding the basics of healthcare and management of dogs. This
has resulted in the mushrooming of unscrupulous breeders indulging in
backyard breeding activity in the most unhygienic conditions, cruelly
exploiting the animals for easy money; and in pet shops sourcing and selling
pups from such breeders, which, though seemingly of pure breed, are
actually of poor quality, and often diseased, resulting in heavy mortality, or
weak and unhealthy animals that are ill-treated, and in many cases simply
abandoned on the street. Not only is this compounding the street animal
problem, this unethical trade also has high zoonotic potential which is a
public health concern.
There is hence an immediate need to discipline and regulate the process of
dog breeding, marketing and sale of pups. Uniform practices and procedures
have to be prescribed, and adhered to by those partaking in the profits derived
from this brand of commercial activity. Consequently, the Dog Breeding,
Marketing and Sale Rules have been formulated by virtue of the power
conferred by Section 38 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960.
Dread Mill:
A "puppy mill" refers to any place that produces dogs for profit. No attention is paid to the animals, their food, living conditions or medical care.
They are simply treated as products to be multiplied and marketed. Puppy mills are not large facilities.
In India, they operate out of slums and are run by criminals who regularly steal pets for their 'dhandha'.
The dogs are crammed into stacked up cages, hardly fed and never exercised.
Heat cycle after heat cycle, they are bred, allowing the female little or no time to recover before being impregnated again.
In-breeding is rampant: Fathers with daughters, brothers with sisters, and the resultant offspring suffer from severe behavioural and genetic medical problems.
...Extract from blog by Ambika Shukla,http://goodtimes.ndtv.com/blog_more_comment.aspx?blog_id=20
Animals in these places are kept captive under deplorable conditions.Please do not buy a pet.ADOPT one instead.
The breeding will not end unless the buying does. —
The pet store is a natural, noxious extension of the puppy mill.
They're mushrooming in all our our markets boasting fish in ghastly glass prisons; hamsters that will live and die as novelty items, and little, lonely puppies.
Sooo cute! No, sooo cruel! The pups in a pet store might look okay, but they've only been cosmetically cleaned up-shampooed and shining for sale.
In actual fact, they're treated as poorly as in the pet mill whence they came small and sickly.http://goodtimes.ndtv.com/blog_more_comment.aspx?blog_id=202
DOG BREEDING, MARKETING AND SALE RULES
PREAMBLE
Breeding, marketing and sale of dogs has come to stay as a high-level
commercial venture in India, involving thousands of breeders and pet shops
in a multi-crore industry. An enormous need has also emerged for lakhs of
pups of specific breeds from prospective pet owners, most of whom are
ignorant regarding the basics of healthcare and management of dogs. This
has resulted in the mushrooming of unscrupulous breeders indulging in
backyard breeding activity in the most unhygienic conditions, cruelly
exploiting the animals for easy money; and in pet shops sourcing and selling
pups from such breeders, which, though seemingly of pure breed, are
actually of poor quality, and often diseased, resulting in heavy mortality, or
weak and unhealthy animals that are ill-treated, and in many cases simply
abandoned on the street. Not only is this compounding the street animal
problem, this unethical trade also has high zoonotic potential which is a
public health concern.
There is hence an immediate need to discipline and regulate the process of
dog breeding, marketing and sale of pups. Uniform practices and procedures
have to be prescribed, and adhered to by those partaking in the profits derived
from this brand of commercial activity. Consequently, the Dog Breeding,
Marketing and Sale Rules have been formulated by virtue of the power
conferred by Section 38 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960.
Dread Mill:
A "puppy mill" refers to any place that produces dogs for profit. No attention is paid to the animals, their food, living conditions or medical care.
They are simply treated as products to be multiplied and marketed. Puppy mills are not large facilities.
In India, they operate out of slums and are run by criminals who regularly steal pets for their 'dhandha'.
The dogs are crammed into stacked up cages, hardly fed and never exercised.
Heat cycle after heat cycle, they are bred, allowing the female little or no time to recover before being impregnated again.
In-breeding is rampant: Fathers with daughters, brothers with sisters, and the resultant offspring suffer from severe behavioural and genetic medical problems.
...Extract from blog by Ambika Shukla,http://goodtimes.ndtv.com/blog_more_comment.aspx?blog_id=20
Animals in these places are kept captive under deplorable conditions.Please do not buy a pet.ADOPT one instead.
The breeding will not end unless the buying does. —
The pet store is a natural, noxious extension of the puppy mill.
They're mushrooming in all our our markets boasting fish in ghastly glass prisons; hamsters that will live and die as novelty items, and little, lonely puppies.
Sooo cute! No, sooo cruel! The pups in a pet store might look okay, but they've only been cosmetically cleaned up-shampooed and shining for sale.
In actual fact, they're treated as poorly as in the pet mill whence they came small and sickly.http://goodtimes.ndtv.com/blog_more_comment.aspx?blog_id=202
PETS ARE FOREVER....don't abandon them
Behind every beautiful fur, there is a story...it is a bloody, barbaric story. --M Frida Hartley
Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity...and fashion will drive them to acquire any custom ---George Bernard Shaw
Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity...and fashion will drive them to acquire any custom ---George Bernard Shaw