India has good tradition to show concern & love to animals Balcombe (PCRM)

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" India has good tradition to show concern & love to animals " Balcombe

(PCRM)

 

Puducherry, Jan 10: India was the " most progressive and

forward-looking country " as far as the treatment towards animals was

concerned, said Jonathan Balcombe, a US-based animal behaviour

research scientist.

 

Balcombe, also attached to the US-based Physicians Committee for

Responsible Medicine (PCRM), during his visit here, said India has a

good tradition to show concern and love to animals.

 

Speaking to reporters after addressing a meeting at the Rajiv Gandhi

College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences here today, he said animals

had basic rights and they should never be violated or trespassed upon.

 

" Like friends, animals should be treated with care and affection, " he

said, adding, vegetarian diet was an ideal system. It was not only a

good thing but also the only thing.

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Balcombe's latest book is, 'Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the

Nature of Feeling Good'. (Agencies)