Guest guest Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 > > Gandhi said you can judge a country by the way it treats its animals. > Some of you may have received the message below by another route.> Brian> > The Indian Constitution states that humans have a 'Duty of Compassion to > Animals'. Based on this the following animal protection legislation has > been enacted in India:> > •Dissection of animals is banned in every state for ALL school pupils.> •It is illegal to kill a dog for any reason other than extreme trauma or > illness.> •In the state of Gujarat, owing to a large Jain population the use of > animals as laboratory subjects has greatly decreased.> •India has banned the export of its indigenous monkey population, which > roams freely, since the monkeys would meet with harm in research > laboratories.> •During the Jain religious holidays slaughterhouses throughout the > entire state of Gujarat are shut down.> •All elephants have been freed from zoos and circuses and allowed to > live out their lives with dignity in sanctuaries.> •New Delhi has banned the use of carriage horses.> •A retirement home has been established for elderly police horses.> •All 'dancing' bears have been liberated and sent to a bear sanctuary in > Agra.> •There are an estimated 400 million vegetarians in India.> > In the United States animals are viewed as property before the law: > harm done to them is adjudicated according to property law. They are > not viewed as living beings with intrinsic rights:> > •It is virtually impossible for pupils to opt out of dissection in > every state.> •Six to eight million healthy dogs are put to death simply because they > are homeless and ironically this is considered an act of compassion.> •In the USA, Europe and Israel the number of animals used as > experimental subjects has remained constant, with numerous reports of > excessively cruel experiments.> •During the religious holidays of Christmas, Easter, Passover and the > semi-religious holiday of Thanksgiving the slaughter of every manner of > animal increases sharply.> •A judge has ruled in favour of The Ringling Brothers Circus, that > striking elephants with bullhooks was an appropriate form of discipline.> •No major city in the USA has banned the use of carriage horses, where > they are exposed to harsh and dangerous working conditions.> •In the USA horses and their free-roaming brethren often end up in > slaughterhouses.> •56 billion animals a year are killed in the USA and the number of > vegetarians/vegans is 3-4 million. Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. Sign up now. Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. Get it now. Internal Virus Database is out of date. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.435 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2693 - Release 02/17/10 07:35:00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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