Guest guest Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 ----- Original Nachricht ---- Von: avis lyons <iarkerala An: dhartig Datum: 25.05.2007 02:55 Betreff: Re: India's dog culls continue Hello I run www.animalrescuekerala.org near trivandrum ,the situation here is terrible and the barbaric cruelty beyond belief. Dogs are being picked up on a daily basis and killed with an illegal substance,the cruelty is terrible ,i would estimate 2500 to 3000 dogs have been killed, plus hundreds and hundreds of our sterilised dogs,this i believe is a conservative estimate. We have stopped our abc programme.. I have tried everything i can to highlight this and get the killing stopped, without success. regards to you avis lyons dhartig wrote: Zelda <zpenzel 30-abr-2007 2:07 India's dog culls continue 16th April 2007 India's dog culls continue Dear Friends With the rapid spread of information through the internet, we are used to hearing of animal abuse throughout the world on a daily basis. Could this familiarity be the reason that there has been so little international reaction to India's dog culls? Maybe it's because we are used to reading about the culling of hundreds of thousands of dogs in China. Or is it perhaps that it's just difficult to accept that this could be happening in this predominantly Hindu nation with it's reputation for respecting life? Whatever the reason for there being little mention of it, the brutal killing of thousands of street dogs in the State of Karnataka, India goes on. A campaigner in India writes, " Things are still the same, there are protests going on in Bangalore by animal lovers but no luck on stopping the killings, public awareness thru pamphlets is being done which might take sometime to workout, we are a group of animal lovers who are trying our best to stop the killing with no luck favouring our struggle . " If you missed our alert last month on India's dog massacres, you can see it at <http://itstheirdestiny.2kat.net/ITD Update 22_03_07.htm> http://itstheirdestiny.2kat.net/ITD%20Update%2022_03_07.htm for details and relevant links. If you haven't sent protests yet, please send them now. If you have already written, please accept our thanks but write again. The street dogs of India need your help NOW. Write to: Prime Minister manmohan Mr.Kumaraswamy, Chief Minister, Karnataka <http://us.f564.mail./ym/Compose?To=cm (AT) kar (DOT) nic.in> cm Mr.Ashok, Health Minister, Karnataka <http://us.f564.mail./ym/Compose?To=contact (AT) egovernments (DOT) org> contact Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India <http://us.f564.mail./ym/Compose?To=presidentofindia (AT) rb (DOT) nic.in> presidentofindia web mail <http://pmindia.nic.in/write.htm> http://pmindia.nic.in/write.htm K. Jyothiramalingam, Commissioner Bangalore City Corporation (BCC) <ramalingam ramalingam dipjk; jmt_info; jmt_info; rajjk; pws; helpdesk; fcfor; dc-rop; dc-asr; dc-san; dc-ldh; dc-hsr; dc-jal; dc-fgs; dc-fzr; dc-fdk; dc-man; dc-kpt; root; root; pu; root; navneet Contact details for Indian Embassies can be found at: <http://www.thokalath.com/embassy/index.php> http://www.thokalath.com/embassy/index.php Please write an original if possible, otherwise use the sample below, but please send! _____ Dear Sir, I was horrified to learn that, unlike other States of India, Karnataka is dealing with the problem of street dogs with a campaign of mass-killings. Throughout India homeless dogs are commonplace, yet in many States their numbers are being controlled effectively by Animal Birth Control programs. No animal population can grow more than available food permits and when dogs are neutered, vaccinated and returned to their own territory, they prevent other dogs moving in, thus limiting their numbers naturally. When, as in Karnataka however, ample supplies of food are thrown into the streets by illegal meat sellers, their numbers will obviously increase. By simply killing the dogs you are encouraging the breeding of replacements. Nature abhors a vacuum and you are creating a situation in which the culls will have to be repeated indefinitely. I urge you instead to catch, neuter and vaccinate the strays of Karnataka, release them back onto the streets, and close down the illegal and unhygienic meat traders that are the real cause of this problem. India has a reputation throughout the world as a humane country, and its people are renown for their kindness. I beg you not to let this reputation be so tarnished by cruel, inefficient, and easily avoidable methods of animal control. Yours sincerely Name/Country <http://us.f564.mail./ym/Compose?To=cm (AT) kar (DOT) nic.in> cm, <contact contact, <http://us.f564.mail./ym/Compose?To=presidentofindia (AT) rb (DOT) nic.in> presidentofindia, <ramalingam ramalingam Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Tryit now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 Dear All, There should be no " animal rights activists " I fully understand the desperate heart who made the following call in his/her email (forwarded) : Quoted :- " With the rapid spread of information through the internet, we are used to hearing of animal abuse throughout the world on a daily basis. Could this familiarity be the reason that there has been so little international reaction to India's dog culls? Maybe it's because we are used to reading about the culling of hundreds of thousands of dogs in China. .... " -- End quote Unlimited Information As an activist, I personally have not in any ways gotten used to hearing distressing news like these dog culls. The thing is, we must realize that we live in a world flooded with information, not only animal abuses, but all sorts of information. The e-Grapevine When we send out bad news like these, or launch an online campaign or petition, for that matter, what are we trying to achieve? I bet the answer is, we are trying (or hoping) to leverage on the amplification effect of mass internet communication -- the electronic grapevine. I said " leverage " because, with computers, it's as easy as one mouse-click, and the message travels to tens of thousands of people instaneously. But, nobody has monopoly to such leverage. This is so obvious, but is so often overlooked by campaigners. Results? We are flooded with bad news that compete for attention. This is no different from other marketing and selling behaviour in the business world. Products that are losing out market share are not necessary bad products. It's the marketing that probably got stuck. Again, this is so obvious, but is so often overlooked by campaigners. Results? Desperate calls like what I quoted above. These are overlooked not because we're stupid. Instead, we probably have given too much faith to that easy mouse-click. We like to fantasize that one click will do it all. The paradox is, the easier the mouse-click is, the harder it is for the message to get to the target minds, because there are probably more mouse-clicks than size of audience. Who should be the audience? AAPN, or groups like these. We also fantasize about the reach of these email lists. There are always people doing bad things to animals, just as there are always thiefs and robbers. But they did it in large number because other people just look on doing or saying nothing. We need people to stop them. We need a lot of people, much more than the number of mouse-clicks, much more than the size of AAPN or anything, to be effective. And it is the ordinary people, not AR activists, that counts in these battles. No free lunch There's no " free clicks " either. The easiness brings low attention. That's all. Solution? Engineer our messages. Short and succinct texts, tell-tale photos, animation, videos, colors, timing, ...., and etiquette. These are the things within most activists' reach, which can significantly help us market our messages, not only to AR people, but more importantly to ordinary people as well. Yes, etiquette and succinctness is of paramount importance -- by nature, our messages often appear offensive to ordinary people. It is an art to make bitter stuff palatable, yet sweet, spicy, nutritional, small in portion, and leave after-tastes; so people will be enticed and come back. Why ordinary people count? They count because changes come from power. Power is in the hands of policitians. And policiticians work for the larger public, not a bunch of AR activists. Power is also in the hands of mainstream culture and values which, in turn, are in the hands of the larger public, not a bunch of AR activists. No free lunch Again, it takes effort and strategy to reach out to people who didn't listen or pay attention. It takes effort to convert them. There should ultimately be no " animal rights activists " . Let's convert people. David Wong dhartig wrote: > > > ----- Original Nachricht ---- > Von: avis lyons <iarkerala <iarkerala%40.co.uk>> > An: dhartig <dhartig%40arcor.de> > Datum: 25.05.2007 02:55 > Betreff: Re: India's dog culls continue > > Hello > I run www.animalrescuekerala.org near trivandrum ,the situation here > is terrible and the barbaric cruelty beyond belief. Dogs are being > picked up on a daily basis and killed with an illegal substance,the > cruelty is terrible ,i would estimate 2500 to 3000 dogs have been > killed, plus hundreds and hundreds of our sterilised dogs,this i > believe is a conservative estimate. We have stopped our abc programme.. > I have tried everything i can to highlight this and get the killing > stopped, without success. > regards to you avis lyons > > dhartig <dhartig%40arcor.de> wrote: > > Zelda <zpenzel <zpenzel%40nyc.rr.com>> > 30-abr-2007 2:07 > India's dog culls continue > > 16th April 2007 > > India's dog culls continue > > Dear Friends > > With the rapid spread of information through the internet, we are used to > hearing of animal abuse throughout the world on a daily basis. Could this > familiarity be the reason that there has been so little international > reaction to India's dog culls? Maybe it's because we are used to reading > about the culling of hundreds of thousands of dogs in China. Or is it > perhaps that it's just difficult to accept that this could be happening in > this predominantly Hindu nation with it's reputation for respecting life? > Whatever the reason for there being little mention of it, the brutal > killing > of thousands of street dogs in the State of Karnataka, India goes on. > > A campaigner in India writes, " Things are still the same, there are > protests going on in Bangalore by animal lovers but no luck on > stopping the > killings, public awareness thru pamphlets is being done which might take > sometime to workout, we are a group of animal lovers who are trying > our best > to stop the killing with no luck favouring our struggle . " > > If you missed our alert last month on India's dog massacres, you can > see it > at <http://itstheirdestiny.2kat.net/ITD > <http://itstheirdestiny.2kat.net/ITD> Update 22_03_07.htm> > http://itstheirdestiny.2kat.net/ITD%20Update%2022_03_07.htm > <http://itstheirdestiny.2kat.net/ITD%20Update%2022_03_07.htm> for > details and > relevant links. If you haven't sent protests yet, please send them now. If > you have already written, please accept our thanks but write again. The > street dogs of India need your help NOW. > > Write to: > > Prime Minister > > manmohan <manmohan%40sansad.nic.in> > > Mr.Kumaraswamy, Chief Minister, Karnataka > <http://us.f564.mail./ym/Compose?To=cm (AT) kar (DOT) nic.in > <http://us.f564.mail./ym/Compose?To=cm (AT) kar (DOT) nic.in>> > cm <cm%40kar.nic.in> > > Mr.Ashok, Health Minister, Karnataka > <http://us.f564.mail./ym/Compose?To=contact (AT) egovernments (DOT) org > <http://us.f564.mail./ym/Compose?To=contact (AT) egovernments (DOT) org>> > contact <contact%40egovernments.org> > > Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India > <http://us.f564.mail./ym/Compose?To=presidentofindia (AT) rb (DOT) nic.in > <http://us.f564.mail./ym/Compose?To=presidentofindia (AT) rb (DOT) nic.in>> > presidentofindia <presidentofindia%40rb.nic.in> > web mail <http://pmindia.nic.in/write.htm > <http://pmindia.nic.in/write.htm>> http://pmindia.nic.in/write.htm > <http://pmindia.nic.in/write.htm> > > K. Jyothiramalingam, Commissioner > Bangalore City Corporation (BCC) > <ramalingam <ramalingam%40bmponline.org>> > ramalingam <ramalingam%40bmponline.org> > > dipjk <dipjk%40jk.nic.in>; jmt_info > <jmt_info%40sancharnet.in>; jmt_info > <jmt_info%40sancharnet.in>; > rajjk <rajjk%40jk.nic.in>; pws > <pws%40punjabmail.gov.in>; helpdesk > <helpdesk%40mgsipap.org>; > fcfor <fcfor%40chd.nic.in>; dc-rop > <dc-rop%40chd.nic.in>; dc-asr > <dc-asr%40chd.nic.in>; dc-san > <dc-san%40chd.nic.in>; > dc-ldh <dc-ldh%40chd.nic.in>; dc-hsr > <dc-hsr%40chd.nic.in>; dc-jal > <dc-jal%40chd.nic.in>; dc-fgs > <dc-fgs%40chd.nic.in>; > dc-fzr <dc-fzr%40chd.nic.in>; dc-fdk > <dc-fdk%40chd.nic.in>; dc-man > <dc-man%40chd.nic.in>; dc-kpt > <dc-kpt%40chd.nic.in>; > root <root%40pau.chd.nic.in>; > root <root%40panjabuniv.chd.nic.in>; > pu <pu%40patiala.org>; > root <root%40gndu.ernet.in>; navneet > <navneet%40chd.nic.in> > > Contact details for Indian Embassies can be found at: > <http://www.thokalath.com/embassy/index.php > <http://www.thokalath.com/embassy/index.php>> > http://www.thokalath.com/embassy/index.php > <http://www.thokalath.com/embassy/index.php> > > Please write an original if possible, otherwise use the sample below, > but please send! > _____ > > Dear Sir, > > I was horrified to learn that, unlike other States of India, Karnataka is > dealing with the problem of street dogs with a campaign of mass-killings. > > Throughout India homeless dogs are commonplace, yet in many States their > numbers are being controlled effectively by Animal Birth Control programs. > No animal population can grow more than available food permits and > when dogs > are neutered, vaccinated and returned to their own territory, they prevent > other dogs moving in, thus limiting their numbers naturally. > > When, as in Karnataka however, ample supplies of food are thrown into the > streets by illegal meat sellers, their numbers will obviously increase. By > simply killing the dogs you are encouraging the breeding of replacements. > Nature abhors a vacuum and you are creating a situation in which the culls > will have to be repeated indefinitely. > > I urge you instead to catch, neuter and vaccinate the strays of Karnataka, > release them back onto the streets, and close down the illegal and > unhygienic meat traders that are the real cause of this problem. > > India has a reputation throughout the world as a humane country, and its > people are renown for their kindness. I beg you not to let this reputation > be so tarnished by cruel, inefficient, and easily avoidable methods of > animal control. > > Yours sincerely > > Name/Country > > <http://us.f564.mail./ym/Compose?To=cm (AT) kar (DOT) nic.in > <http://us.f564.mail./ym/Compose?To=cm (AT) kar (DOT) nic.in>> > cm <cm%40kar.nic.in>, > <contact <contact%40egovernments.org>> > contact <contact%40egovernments.org>, > <http://us.f564.mail./ym/Compose?To=presidentofindia (AT) rb (DOT) nic.in > <http://us.f564.mail./ym/Compose?To=presidentofindia (AT) rb (DOT) nic.in>> > presidentofindia <presidentofindia%40rb.nic.in>, > <ramalingam <ramalingam%40bmponline.org>> > ramalingam <ramalingam%40bmponline.org> > > > Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. > Tryit now. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 NETWORKING or sharing and exchanging of ideas,experiences,helplessnes,sos,expertize etc can go a long way in finding ways and means of some solutions to burning issues, any issue for that matter. I do not know of others but in my case NETWORKING and SHARING, SPREADING of news about any animal right crisis has helped a lot. And AAPN Rocks, it has a wonderful crowd and a great moderator. What do you say dear colleagues? Azam Siddiqui Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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