ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD OF
(Ministry
of Environment and Forests)
13/1, Post
Box No.8672, 3rd
Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai - 600 041
No. 8-9 /2008-HE Date : 17.12.2008
All State Animal Welfare Boards
All Recognised Animal Welfare
Organisations
All Hony. Animal Welfare Education Officers
All Goshala Trainers
All Master Trainers
Sir/Madam,
Sub : Celebration of Animal Welfare
Fortnight 2009 - Reg.
On the outset, I wish all of you a
very Happy New Year 2009.
The Animal Welfare Fortnight 2009
will be celebrated throughout the country from
The following activities are
suggested to the AWOs:
a. Start training for Goshala
personnel to utilise full potential of cow dung and
urine for production of bio-gas, vermicompost,
bio-pesticides, organic soaps, agarbattis
and panchgavya medicines towards self sustenance and
generate employment.
b. Arrange Animal Birth Control (ABC)/Anti Rabies
(AR) programme in your town for controlling of dog populatin and rabies interact and sponsor the local bodies
for support and co-ordination the ABC/AR project for the success.
c. Rescue animals suffering in your locality.
Take them to a Veterinary Doctor.
Announce a campaign called adopt a homeless pet and set
the first example by taking a pet (dog/cat) from the streets into your own
home. We work in the direction to ensure that there should be no animal to
suffer miserably on the streets.
d. Start your own shelter or goshala on vacant land and get a Veterinary Doctor to treat
the animals. You must feed and look after them and try and find them homes.
e. Make copies of the animal laws pamphlet,
translate it into the local language and then give it to the Police and to as
many people as you know so that people can start taking action against cruelty.
Organise a Police Training Camp on the occasion by
getting a police officer and a lawyer to address all the SHOs
of the city on the animal protection laws.
f. If there are any schools having mini zoos
advise them to close down as it is illegal to keep animals in schools. Go to
the main city zoo with food for the animals. Check on the enclosures, monitor
visitor behaviour and try and make this a regular
weekly exercise. See if you can find sponsors for individual enclosures who
will pay for the improvement and upkeep of the area and in return have their
name displayed there.
g.
Give grain and water to the birds. Distribute earthern bowls in
various neighbourhoods so that people are encouraged
to put out food and water themselves.
h. Teach people simple vet. first
aid. Hold a first aid class and show children what to do when they come
across an animal in trouble.
i. Plant large numbers of bird
friendly trees like jamun, neem,
shehtoot, bargat, peepal, semal so that birds have
something to eat and nest in.
j. Start an anti-plastic bag campaign and
ask people not to throw away edible leftovers tied up in plastic bags as many
animals, including cows, eat the plastic bags and die. See if any private
company can sponsor small cloth bags which can be distributed free in markets.
These should be attractive so that people stop carrying plastics and use only
these bags. The company can put its name/logo on these bags so that they serve
as a long lasting advertisement emphasising the
Company’s commitment to environmental protection and social welfare.
k. Organise a
raid on the illegal wild bird/animal market. Report to the police about the
sellers and see that the animal/bird is released back into the wild. Under the
Wildlife Protection Act 1972 the offender has to be jailed for not less than 5
years and fined. Make small groups that regularly go to markets and see if wild
animals or their products are being sold.
l. There are many horses and donkeys that need
medical help. Organise a treatment camp where a
majority of the animals operate. Offer food and medicine for the animals. Turn
this into a regular weekly or fortnightly exercise.
m. It is important to ensure that each school
be informed about the banning of dissection in the
n. Milkmen misuse “Oxytocin”
injections for draining the milk from cattle. It is illegal under the Food and
Drug Adultration Prevention Act. Launch an anti-oxytocin drive. Raid dairies and check for evidence
such as empty syringes. Announce a boycott of dairies that use “Oxytocin”. Ask the media to cover the issue and publicise stopping use of oxytocin.
o. First-Aid camps to sick and injured animals on
the roadside and various other places can be arranged.
p. Feeding of stray animals may be
arranged.
q. Arrange visit to slaughter houses in your area
and educate the butchers on humane slaughter.
r. Prevent introduction of children in the
slaughter house jobs at very tender age.
s. Prevent slaughter of one animal in front of
other animals awaiting slaughter.
t. Prevent entry of stray dogs/animals/birds in
the premises of slaughter house.
q. Enrol yourself and
your friends to become subscribers to the journals “Animal Citizen”, “Jeev Sarthy” and “AWBI
Newsletter” if you have not enrolled, yet.
We do hope that the Celebrations
this year will be more colourful and excel the
celebrations made in the past. We
request you to please send us reports/photos, news items etc. for our reference
and use in our publications.
Looking
forward for kind co-operation in reducing cruelties to speechless animals and
to spread the message of compassion across the Country.
Yours faithfully,
(D.Rajasekar)
Secretary