(IN): PETA writes to Mulayam, Amar - To refrain from killing animals in the name of appeasing the gods

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Link: http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/30/stories/2008073052800300.htm

 

 

*PETA writes to Mulayam, Amar*

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*To refrain from killing animals in the name of appeasing the gods*

 

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Guwahati: The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals on Tuesday urged

Samajwadi leaders Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh to refrain from killing

animals in the name of appeasing the gods.

 

PETA chief functionary Anuradha Sawhney in a letter to the two leaders

claimed that they had been flooded with phone calls and e-mails from people

who were horrified by reports that SP MLA from Madhya Pradesh Kishore

Samrite sacrificed animals on behalf of the party at Kamakhya Temple.

 

" I hope, upon reflection, you have come to regret your party member's

decision to sacrifice animals which will only tarnish your triumph in the

trust vote with this blatant show of cruelty to animals, " she said.

 

Animal sacrifice has no place in Indian culture and Article 51 of the

Directive Principles of the Constitution states that individuals should show

kindness and compassion towards all living beings.

 

Samrite, an MLA from Lanjhi Assembly constituency in Balaghat district of

Madhya Pradesh, said that he had been directed by party high command to

offer animal sacrifices at Kamakhya to ensure the victory of the UPA in the

trust vote and progress of Samajwadi Party. Samrite, who has so far

sacrificed 13 buffaloes and 200 goats at Kamakhya, has also earned the wrath

of People for Animals activists. -- PTI

 

 

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