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Hi All,

I am getting this leaflet printed to be distributed during the Mahavir

Jayanti, a Jain festival. As you know the Jain are in the forefront of many

battles for animals. But they continue to let abuse of animals happen in

their processions. I need this message to be endorsed by as many animal

rights orgnizations as possible to make an impact. Please email me the name

of your organization with your logo, if you agree to the content and they

cause. If you think the time is too short to decide or you don't agree to

the contents or you don't have the authorization to approve it, please igore

the email.

 

 

Here is the content. that will be translated in Hindi.

 

 

I am there too, will someone please listen to me...

[Picutre of a typical urban elephant with injury marks all over his body.]

 

 

- I belong to the lush green jungles of Assam, not your hot and noisy

city.

- When I was a kid, my mother was shot dead before me, so that they

could take me away for training.

- I was kept hungry and thirsty in the state of shock for days till I

finally gave up and became a slave to the human being.

- I am all alone, I am meant to be in a herd, I cry everyday to

reunite with a family.

- Someday, please take a moment to look under my feet, you will see

what you do when you made to me. My feet are made to make me walk over green

grass, its terrible pain for me to walk over the hot tarred road and stones

that pierce into my tender skin, but no one cares.

- My skin is peeling off like shell of a dry onion, nobody notices.

- I need 300 liters of water for drinking and more for bathing; I need

300 kgs of food daily, are you sure I am not starving, did anyone bother to

find out?

- To make me move or to stop, a sharp ankush pierces through my skin.

But my screams are muffled in your jajaykar

- Your procession has cold drinks and water booths for thousands of

people, has anyone cared for me? At 40 centigrade ever given a though

of what I go through without water

- My other friends, the bullocks, the horses, the camel do no better,

ever bothered to see their wounds? One day, try pulling a cart yourself, in

this hot sun to know.

- Each time you hire me, you are funding all the above cruelties. My

mahout gets ten of thousands of rupees each time you hire me, and so more

mother elephants will be killed and more babies like me imprisoned.

- How long will you make me cry? How long will you fool yourself and

justify my exploitation on the name of tradition? How long will you keep

abusing me on the name of the tirthankars who themselves preached Ahimsa

Aparigrah and Anekandwad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What can you do?

 

- Contact the trustees of all religious groups and temple trusts that

hire elephants and other animals.

- At least get policies set for animal welfare in your

processions. A religion that claims 'Ahimsa parmo dharam' can do at least

this much.

- Insist that they give up the use of animals in the procession

- Please call Manoj Oswal on 9890044455 and I will gladly meet

the decision makers.

- Stop your children from riding animals or calling them for

your paries.

 

 

 

 

 

Issued in interest of the voiceless animals by.

 

 

 

 

 

People For Animals