A Detailed Look at Animal Rights
“Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow-creatures is amusing in itself. ” – James Anthony Froude, Oceana, 1886
The primitive men lived in harmony with nature, including the animal and plant world; and it is only after the spread of civilization that rights of non-human organisms faced danger. The differences between Homo sapiens and other animals are legion, but evolution teaches us that we are at a fundamental level bound by profound similarities.
Any practice that fails to respect the rights of these animals is wrong irrespective of human need, context or culture. The Hindu religion has enshrined respect for nature in three basic elements viz. faith in God, non-dualistic view of Purush and Prakriti and a set of rules for duties and worship. Animals and birds are thought not only as Vahanas or Vehicles on which …
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