Archive for March, 2009
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Two new studies indicate that crustaceans feel pain and stress and two of many practices that may warrant reassessment are ripping the legs off live crabs and crowding lobster in to seafood market tanks. These findings indicate that all animals including fish, shellfish and insects can suffer.
Robert Elwood, the lead author of both papers, explained to Discovery News that pain allows an individual to be “aware of the potential tissue damage” while experiencing “a huge negative emotion or motivation that it learns to avoid that situation in the future.”
Robert and Appel gave small electric shock to the crabs within their shells. The crabs that were shocked left the old shell and entered the new shell, showing stress-related behaviors like grooming of the abdomen or rapping of the abdomen against the empty shell.
It has been thought that the behavior of crustaceans is mostly reflexive, but the fact that they showed signs of physical distress at the same time they changed a behavior in this case, moving into another shell, suggest they feel pain as well, according to the researchers.
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On Thursday, march 26, 2009 Bollywood actress Raveena Tandon shot for the people for ethical treatment of animals (PETA) with an aim of discouraging the use of leather product. She says she is associated with PETA for last 15 years.
This shoot is basically against the users of leather product because they are unaware of the way leather is made and the way we use it, harms us.
PETA India with all these campaign tries to educate the people against animal abuse and also promote an understanding of the right of all animals to be treated with respect.
A PETA volunteer goes topless with green painted skin at K Street on St. Patrick’s day to protest against fashion made from exotic animals.
Meggan Anderson by revealing the scaly body wants to pass a message that “Exotic skins belong in jungle, not on your skin”. Anderson along with the other member of PETA held the protest from to 1 p.m.
The representatives of PETA Jena Hunt say that exotic animals such as snakes, alligators, and kangaroos are often skinned alive or killed in other cruel ways for merchandise.
In the statement of Jena Hunt he said “We’re asking Sacramento residents to take a bite out of cruelty by giving snakeskin and other exotic leather the boot.”
when dogs are meant to be loyal then I really don’t understand why people need to chain them.
this pictures tells that owner of the dog consider them as no better than trash.
this dog was rescued from the backyard in florida, where he was chained in 90 degree heat. and also he was not fed for last 30 days.
the result of too tight chain around their neck. many times people get puppy and tie a chain around the neck and forget about it. Then the collar cuts into the dog’s neck causing infectious wounds.
This dog lived his life on a chain, and was extremely malnourished and neglected.
These dogs had no chance to save themselves as they were chained.
On Tuesday, 10th march at hotel gold finch, Femina Miss India Universe- 2008, Simran Kaur Mundi announced that she would like to join animal rights organization, “People for Ethical Treatment of Animal (PETA).”
After the inauguration of private airhostesses training institute in city, she that animals also have emotions like human being but they cannot express like them. She even said that she would also like to join Menaka Gandhi’s People for the Animal organization.
At last, she has asked people to love animals to maintain biological balance in the society.
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PETA member will protest outside the Kentucky Center on Tuesday holding the board that read “David Novak Tortures Animals.”
From the undercover investigation, PETA member will screen graphic video footage of KFC supplier slaughterhouses. This action is taken in order to expose KFC for the abusive treatment of chickens in factory farms and slaughterhouses.
Nearly one billion chickens are killed every year. This could result in animal cruelty charges if any other animal were the victims. Chickens in the slaughter house are drugged to grow large and many of the chicken become by the weight of their upper body. Their throat while they are still conscious.
PETA’s Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman says that “KFC stands for cruelty.” People should boycott the place that refuses to stop the worst abuses to the chicken.
People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India head Anuradha Sawhney won the “Women Achiever Award” by an environmental trust for her outstanding work in defending animals.
She is very brave lady. She exposed many cattle farm, chicken industry and slaughter house for cruelty towards animal all over the India and she took all necessary steps towards protection of animals from unnecessary pain and sufferings. She worked actively all over the year for the welfare of the animal regardless of time and place.
Anuradha Sawhney will be presented the award at a function in Mumbai on March 8th, which is celebrated as women’s day all over the world.
A legal notice as been issued by an advocate of Delhi high court, Raj Panjwani, on behalf of people for ethical treatment of animals (PETA) to the secretary of tourism department, principal chief conservator for forest and the chief wildlife of the warden of Rajasthan questioning the performance by the pachyderms.
In Jaipur, elephant festival is celebrated every year in which elephants are used to entertain the tourist. Before the festival animals are trained in very abusive manner. Here is small information about how elephant festival celebrated in Jaipur:
The Elephant Festival is an inimitable event held annually in Jaipur. Groomed flawlessly, rows of elephants do a catwalk before an enthralled audience liked the best fashion models to make this festival an amazing one. The elephants move with poise in the pageant and finally participate in the spring festival of Holi. It is festival time with elephants, typically celebrated one day before Holi, the Indian festival of colors.
Staged at Chaugan Stadium, Jaipur, elephants put up a variety of programs and the arena is brought alive with musicians and dancers. The crowd, which includes sizable presences of foreign and Indian tourist, electrifies the atmosphere. The festival starts with an impressive procession of the majestic animals lovingly painted and tastefully attired with glittering ornaments and embroidered velvets.
A ceremonial procession is recreated with caparisoned elephants, lancers on horses, chariots, camels, cannons and palanquins. Elephant is the centre of attraction in the many races and beauty pageants.
Most of the participants are female elephants. The mahouts (elephant keepers) take great care to decorate the elephants painting their trunks, foreheads, and feet with floral motifs and adorning them from tusk to tail with interesting trinkets. Female elephants wear anklets and make music as they walk.
The Rajput kings accorded extraordinary importance to the elephants not only during war but also during the royal festivities-a must at royal pageant. Nishan-ka-hathi, the flag bearer, led the procession. The king always mounted a caparisoned elephant. Special hunting programs and elephant fights were organized to entertain the royal guests. Jaipur was a favourite spot with the important personalities of the British Raj and the Maharajas always arranged for their guests of honour elephant rides up to the Amber palace. Even today, the mahouts take tourists up to the Amber Palace on elephant back like shuttle taxis.
Rajasthan Tourism revitalized the ritual by including the Elephant Festival in the cultural calendar. The present-day pageant, originated only a decade ago, was worked out especially with the tourist in mind. Every year on Holi, the old stadium at Jaipur, the Chaugan (originally planned for elephants), makes the setting for a stunning fete.
