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Aug 8, 2007 9:42 PM

International People for animals - 15th Aug, Delhi

NARESH KADYAN <chairmanpfaharyana

 

 

 

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COVERING LETTER FOR EDITORS

 

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Dear Editor,

 

 

 

Animal Caring Citizens of Delhi, a forum of people committed to animal

rights and welfare, has organised a peace walk on August 15, '07, to

highlight the plight of animals used by humans for food, entertainment and

research.

 

 

 

The International People for Animals (IPFA) Walk - 2007 is an attempt to

sensitize people towards recognising all animal life as deserving of care

and compassion, and as having the right to live in freedom.

 

 

 

The walk will commence at 10.30 am from Janthar Mantar and conclude at the

Raj Bhavan. A petition highlighting the concerns of the people will be

submitted to the Honourable President of India, Leader of the ruling party

and respected Chief Minister.

 

 

 

We would be grateful for press coverage of the same

 

 

 

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Pre-event Press release

 

 

 

* International People for Animals Walk - 2007*

 

Citizens of Delhi will celebrate Independence Day this year with a thought

for their companion species on Planet Earth.

 

 

 

The International People for Animals Walk hopes to reawaken in people the

respect given to all living creatures in Indian tradition. If somewhere

along the road there has been desensitization to animal pain, it

is imperative to restore the truth that animals are not meant to be used as

food or entertainment. That human health or safety need not come at the cost

of millions of animal lives maimed or sacrificed in medical and military

research.

 

 

 

The argument that animals do not feel or think like humans and therefore do

not require the same consideration does not hold water.

 

 

Humans need to understand that we are co-residents along with the various

other living beings, be it a small creature like a snail to a magnificent

rhino to the gentle elephants.....all of them on planet earth demand equal,

if not more, the space and right to live and die in their own will!

 

Why do humans use brute force to destroy the real owners of this

planet? ('Real',

because the owner of a house treats his house gently. A tenant has no such

feelings. He moves in, uses the place as he pleases and moves out.)

 

 

 

With the grave threat posed by global warming and the extinction of many

crucial species, the time has come to seriously assess man's role in

hastening these problems.

 

 

 

The primary reason is a burgeoning human population which is intolerant of,

what it perceives as, encroachment of its space. Forests are cut, rivers

dammed, mountains blasted all in the name of human progress. To satiate an

ever increasing appetite for food, clothes and entertainment, animals have

been stripped of their right to live or die in dignity. The concept of

animal freedom is almost unheard of.

 

 

 

The Independence Day Walk will emphasise the need to stop exploitation and

intolerance, and bring back age old traditions that see humans as protectors

of the earth and not destroyers.

 

 

 

The walk will be held on August 15 at 10.30am. It will start at Jantar

Mantar and end at the Raj Bhavan. A petition will then be submitted to

the Honourable

President of India, Leader of the ruling party and respected Chief

Minister underlining

the concerns behind the rally.

 

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Participants are requested to wear white.

 

 

 

For further information contact

 

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