Jaina Gazette 1928

SR No.: 034890
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ajitprasad, C S Mallinath
Publisher: Jaina Gazettee Office
Publication Year: 1928
Total Pages: 502
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 33 MB

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THE JAINA GAZETTE
beasts and snakes, 21354 men died through animals and snakes (2285 being killed by tigers etc. and 19069 by snake-bite). The most striking fact is that in 1925, 1962 people were eaten by tigers etc. in 1926, 1985 people whereas in the year in which, by spending one lakh and thirty-nine thousand Rupees, 25500 wild beasts were destroyed, 2285 people were eaten by beasts and 19069 killed by snakes.
From the above statistics, the reader may easily infer that the more the wild animals are being destroyed every year, the more the people are being killed by them.
That means, the more the animals are being killed, the more their number increases. Africa abounds in lions and other wild beasts. But inspite of a great part of its population being hunters, and inspite of hunting going on there uninterruptedly, still Africa has remained a haunt of lions and other beasts, the number of which has not yet decreased.
Can there be imagined a greater fiasco than this one which the practice of violence has suffered? It is superfluous to state that indeed, the more creatures of a certain kind are being killed, the more of the latter are being produced. It is a well-known fact that in the houses of people who do not kill bugs, bugs are found only here and there, whereas people who do kill them, can scarcely save themselves from them. In districts where many such people live who do not refrain from violence and killing, we can observe a greater number of obnoxious animals being born, and a greater number of people being killed tham elsewhere.
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I may just quote my own experiences made in Shivpuri. Shivpuri is haunted by snakes in the rainy season, and by scorpions in summer. Now the place where the Memorial Temple of the Late Vijaya Dharma Suri stands, was years ago, a fearful jungle, to which tigers and leopards used to pay their visits. The Temple was erected. Houses were built. The place began to be populated more and more and now, such wild beasts are not even heard of in a circumference of two miles round about. Still, the danger of snakes and scorpions had remained unchecked till some years ago. When I was perShree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat