Fwd: Freedom Rally for Animals - 15th Aug, Bangalore

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Pablo <pablo.tachil

Aug 7, 2007 4:02 PM

Freedom Rally for Animals - 15th Aug, Bangalore

AZAM SIDDIQUI <azam24x7, <

journalistandanimals

 

Guys,

 

I would really appreciate if you passed this information to as many people

as you can! I have put in great efforts to make this a general rally (rather

than just dogs) which I think would give me an opportunity to raise concern

over elephants and rhinos.

 

So please forward this to as many journalists and editors you know of!

 

thanks, Pablo.

 

 

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COVERING LETTER FOR EDITORS

 

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Dear Editor,

 

 

 

Animal Caring Citizens of Bangalore, 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 Freedom for Animals Walk 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 Town Hall and conclude at the Gandhi

statue. A petition highlighting the concerns of the people will be submitted

to the Governor of Karnataka.

 

 

 

We would be grateful for press coverage of the same

 

 

 

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Pre-event Press release

 

 

 

* Freedom Walk for Animals 2007*

 

 

 

Citizens of Bangalore will celebrate Independence Day this year with a

thought for their companion species on Planet Earth.

 

 

 

The Freedom Walk for Animals 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.

 

 

 

In the introduction to her book, 'Wise and Wonderful', Mrs Maneka Gandhi

writes that there is a deluge of information to prove that every creature is

endowed with resources far superior to our own - from the shrimp whose

heart is in its brain to the elephant who never forgets its own mistakes and

never repeats them. And if we have one brain, the leech has 32!

 

 

 

These wonderful creatures, she says, have inhabited the world much before us

and have spent more time evolving. Small wonder that their survival skills

are so honed that they manage to live, love, laugh and play despite the

terrors that the human race has unleashed on them. Knowing that their days

are numbered they think in ways that are both innovative and profound.

 

 

 

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 killing of friendly street and pet dogs in Bangalore has been a cause of

concern for all. Dogs have been companions to humans since pre historic

times and the stories of their loyalty are legendary.

 

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 Mayo Hall

and end at the Mahatma Gandhi statue. A petition will then be submitted to

the Governor of Karnataka underlining the concerns behind the rally.

 

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Participants are requested to wear white.

 

 

 

For further information contact Sujaya 9845193057, Meera 9945814089,

Savitha 9845654429 or email pablo.tachil, arfindia

 

 

 

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