Gandhi's Birthday and World Farm Animals Day

Today is Mohandas Gandhi's Birthday. A man who based his life on the principles of non-violence and living compassionately. If Gandhi were alive today I'm sure that he would view the current plight of millions of animals imprisoned and then killed in industrialised farms as absolutely abhorrent. So the fact that on his birthday many also mark World Farm Animals Day would, I'm sure, have pleased him if he were here to see it. In Gandhi's own time there were few in the west who shared his views about the immoral abuse of other species, yet today the issues are in the mainstream and more and more people are taking a stand for compassion and respect for life and becoming vegan. However, there is also a worrying trend of welfarism, which argues that as long as the animal was treated well it is acceptable to take its life. This still fails to see other species as independent beings, we exploit the weakest on the planet rather than showing our moral standards and turning away from cruelty. As the saying goes might does not make right. If you are one of those people who stands on the fence please take the step towards a future that does not kill unnecessarily, take that step on to the road towards compassion and discover a healthier, more compassionate and less environmentally damaging future.

World Farm Animals Day 2007