Courtesy: AAPN: The Indian Constitution states that humans have a Duty of Compassion to Animals

Courtesy: AAPN

Gandhi said you can judge a country by the way it treats its animals. Some
of you may have received the message below by another route.
Brian

The Indian Constitution states that humans have a 'Duty of Compassion to
Animals'. Based on this the following animal protection legislation has
been enacted in India:

•Dissection of animals is banned in every state for ALL school pupils.
•It is illegal to kill a dog for any reason other than extreme trauma or
illness.
•In the state of Gujarat, owing to a large Jain population the use of
animals as laboratory subjects has greatly decreased.
•India has banned the export of its indigenous monkey population, which
roams freely, since the monkeys would meet with harm in research
laboratories.
•During the Jain religious holidays slaughterhouses throughout the entire
state of Gujarat are shut down.
•All elephants have been freed from zoos and circuses and allowed to live
out their lives with dignity in sanctuaries.
•New Delhi has banned the use of carriage horses.
•A retirement home has been established for elderly police horses.
•All 'dancing' bears have been liberated and sent to a bear sanctuary in
Agra.
•There are an estimated 400 million vegetarians in India.

In the United States animals are viewed as property before the law: harm
done to them is adjudicated according to property law. They are not viewed
as living beings with intrinsic rights:

•It is virtually impossible for pupils to opt out of dissection in every
state.
•Six to eight million healthy dogs are put to death simply because they are
homeless and ironically this is considered an act of compassion.
•In the USA, Europe and Israel the number of animals used as experimental
subjects has remained constant, with numerous reports of excessively cruel
experiments.
•During the religious holidays of Christmas, Easter, Passover and the
semi-religious holiday of Thanksgiving the slaughter of every manner of
animal increases sharply.
•A judge has ruled in favour of The Ringling Brothers Circus, that striking
elephants with bullhooks was an appropriate form of discipline.
•No major city in the USA has banned the use of carriage horses, where they
are exposed to harsh and dangerous working conditions.
•In the USA horses and their free-roaming brethren often end up in
slaughterhouses.
•56 billion animals a year are killed in the USA and the number of
vegetarians/vegans is 3-4 million.