*** Supreme Court of India, Jallikattu Judgment says: “When we look at the rights of animals from the national and international perspective, what emerges is that every species has an inherent right to live and shall be protected by law, subject to the exception provided out of necessity. Animal has also honor and dignity which cannot be arbitrarily deprived of and its rights and privacy have to be respected and protected from unlawful attacks.” The landmark Supreme Court of India judgment, is about these, and much more: Fundamental rights for animals; Speciesism; “Let no one species encroach over the rights and privileges of other species” ; “All living creatures have inherent dignity and a right to live peacefully” ; “International community should hang their head in shame, for not recognizing their rights all these ages” - this was the Supreme Court of India talking. The Supreme Court also declared that these should be available to all animals in the country: (i) freedom from hunger, thirst and malnutrition (ii) freedom from fear and distress (iii) freedom from physical and thermal discomfort (iv) freedom from pain, injury and disease (v) freedom to express normal patterns of behaviour.” Read this article to know know just how spectacularly and powerfully sensitive the highest Court of the land was, about Animal Rights, in their judgment pronounced on 7th May, 2014. You will also get to know how you can use the judgment to help animals. The full text of the judgment is available in The Voice of Stray Dogs article here goo.gl/kG03uB
Posted on: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 07:30:31 +0000
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