Dr. Muthukumarasamy B., IAS,
@MKSamyias
You occupy a position on the Animal Welfare Board of India, an institution that is supposed to protect animals from cruelty and advance their welfare. Yet policies and SOPs emerging under the banner of "animal welfare" increasingly appear to move in the opposite direction.
How can it be called welfare if healthy community dogs are proposed to be confined for years potentially for life- in small enclosures with severely restricted freedom of movement, limited environmental stimulation, and a life that resembles imprisonment rather than welfare? ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. It is prolonged confinement.
The fundamental question is simple: ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐, ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ถ๐ "๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ"โ If lifelong confinement in a tiny enclosure with limited freedom, minimal social interaction, and restricted quality of life would not qualify as welfare for humans, ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐โ
๐๐พ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐
๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐๐ฐ๐, which grants legal protection to certain forms of animal killing in the name of religion. ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด-๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. At a time when India claims to be moving toward scientific temper, compassion, and modern animal welfare standards, retaining legal exemptions for animal suffering raises serious moral and policy concerns.
The contradiction becomes even more striking ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต "๐น๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป." If the objective is animal welfare, then reducing pain during killing cannot be treated as a substitute for addressing the ethical problem itself. ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ "๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ" ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ธ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐.
๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ป๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐น ๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐-๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ, ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
The country deserves officials who are willing to defend animals, strengthen protections, and ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
If an officer entrusted with animal welfare supports or enables measures that result in lifelong confinement, continued suffering, and diluted protections for animals, then ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ.
We do not want animal welfare to be reduced to paperwork while animals continue to suffer.
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐น ๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ and make way for leadership that is genuinely committed to animal welfare, animal rights, and compassion.
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