L'espèce humaine est une horreur. - Brigitte Bardot
“Whatever you do unto the least of my brothers, you do it unto me.” - Matthew 25:40
“If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.” - Sir Paul McCartney
“There is not an animal on the earth, nor a flying creature on two wings, but they are people like unto you.”— Qur’an
It is each human being’s duty to respect animals and to truly seen them as beings that are not only alive; they are also conscious and feeling. - Rosicrucian Declaration of Human Duties article 14
A good deed done to an animal is as meritorious as a good deed done to a human being, while an act of cruelty to an animal is a bad as an act of cruelty to a human being.”—Prophet Mohammed
„Es wird ein Tag kommen, an dem die Menschen über die Tötung eines Tieres genauso urteilen werden, wie sie heute die eines Menschen beurteilen.“ - Leonardo da Vinci
Avoice4Animals
Our treatment of animals is full of contradictions. Pets are a beloved feature in many households, sometimes enjoying the most luxurious food and accessories, and reveling in the love and companionship from their human families.
At the same time, animals raised for food or clothing, or used for medical experiments and product testing, often live painful, lonely lives in small cages from birth to death. And wild animals suffer in other ways--losing their lives as their habitats disappear, being hunted for trophies, and finding themselves removed from their homes for the exotic pet trade.
144redeendier.nl
144 red een dier, a nice little mantra devised by a Dutch marketing wizard and commissioned by the Netherlands gvt. Under pressure of certain political parties of course…
So 144 is the telephone number to call in the Netherlands to report cruelty against animals, abuse etc. a.k.a. the animal cops. Great idea? Well very sympathetic of course, it’s at least a beginning.
Applying the rules of Ghandi that the greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated, The Netherlands should be an animal paradise? Well not really, since all animals are equal but some are more equal than others, just like with us humans.
So where the average Dutch pet, dog or cat leads a reasonable life, and some are downright spoiled rotten, this certainly does not apply to the hundreds of millions of animals in the Dutch biotech industry!
They are kept and killed and transported under the most miserable of circumstances. The competition to produce inexpensive meat, eggs, and dairy products has led animal agribusiness to treat animals as commodities.
So is it surprising that they are often prone to epidemics and spread dangerous diseases considering the way they are kept and fed and treated?
Rule of Political Promises: Truth varies.
The End of the Dutch Animal Cops has already been announced!
“I had bought two male chimps from a primate colony in Holland. They lived next to each other in separate cages for several months before I used one as a [heart] donor. When we put him to sleep in his cage in preparation for the operation, he chattered and cried incessantly. We attached no significance to this, but it must have made a great impression on his companion, for when we removed the body to the operating room, the other chimp wept bitterly and was inconsolable for days. The incident made a deep impression on me. I vowed never again to experiment with such sensitive creatures.” — Christian Barnard
from the: Positio Fraternitatis Rosae Crucis
Humanity's behaviour toward animals is also part of our relationship with nature. It is our duty to love and respect them. All are part of a life chain manifesting on Earth, and all are agents of evolution. In their own way, animals are also vehicles of the Divine Soul and participate in the Divine Plan. We can even go as far to consider the most evolved among them to be humans in the making that are passing through the evolutionary process. For all of these these reasons, we find the conditions in which many animals are reared and slaughtered to be appalling. As for vivisection, we view it as being an act of cruelty. Generally speaking, we believe that fraternity must include all beings to whom life has given birth. Consequently, we agree with the following words attributed to Pythagoras: "As long as men continue to destroy ruthlessy the living beings from the lower kingdoms, they will know neither health nor peace. As long as they massacre animals, they will kill each other. In effect, whoever sows murder and suffering cannot reap joy and love."
4 Otober: World Animal Day. If you can't help them, at least don't hurt them!
I gave my beauty and youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom & experience to animals. - Brigitte Bardot
