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Compassion Towards Animals birds are sold, the practice of sacrificing animals for religious purposes, the violence perpetrated against animals in the name of festivals - all these should be banned. Instead of killing dogs and pigs by poisoning them, they should be sterilized. The laws pertaining to cruelty against animals must be strictly enforced. Animals must be provided with natural habitats, should be allowed to possess natural fertility and should also be given good diet. Animals should not be allowed to be wrongly used for entertainment, sports, circus-shows and such other purposes. The public media should not exhibit on their screens the scenes of cruelty being done to animals. People in general, should be enlightened towards the rights of animals. Every individual should keep their rights in his mind in his day to day life. For instance, the practice of using camels for entertainment purposes at the sea shores in Mumbai so prevalent some years before, had to be discontinued under pressure of public agitation and the animals were then sent back to their natural abode. Special compassion clubs should be organised in schools and colleges in which stories describing love and affection towards animals should be told to the students. The students should be made aware of the sale and purchase of animals for wrongful purposes. Regular visits to animal farms and zoos should be organised for children. Students should also be enlightened about the laws preventing cruelty against animals, and regarding their strict compliance. Protection and preservation of animals and birds are also important things which should be effectively achieved.
I conclude my discourse by residing the poetic composition of the wellknown dramatist George Bernard Shaw
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