Pari's Blog

As I was returning from a rural temple, I found these chicken impaled alive and just left there slowly bleeding to death. There are still parts of the globe that have these sort of rituals with the belief that it will appease or ward of evil spirits or something.

But how much more cruel is it than skinning animals alive for their fur, or butchering them while half-alive for meat, or having their throats slit and suffer the death throes and angst of bleeding to death under the hypocritical pretence of halal meat, or torturing them in animal testing in the cosmetic and pharma industry, which happens on a much more massive scale – as in the millions (and done by the more “modernized” people)…

I hope at least these chickens sufferings were not in vain, but at least serve as grim reminders of our cruelty (and greed), and that we may change. Just another harsh reminder (India is full of harsh contrasts like this). If everyone that is well off takes up at least just one cause to the society, things can change.

See these videos (warning: very graphic/disturbing images):

• Meat Industry
• Meet your Meat
• China – fur farms
• Canada – baby seals