|
The appeal of Azerbaijan Society
for Protection of Animals
Dear All,
We have recently distributed information and photos on barbaric treatment
of animals. We know that many of you had a negative opinion regarding
the wide-spread publication of such materials. We also know that some
of you were distressed and horrified by what you saw. We would like to
thank everybody who expressed his or her opinion. It is only indicative
of our society's healthy outlook in terms of rejecting abusive and barbaric
treatment of any form, be it to a tiny and vulnerable animal or to a human
being.
But this is a fact. These actions have taken place before and continue
to take place nowadays. This is a disgrace, which vindicates all of us.
All of us that are using cosmetic and pharmaceutical products and clothing
made of animal fur. Terrible deeds against animals are encouraged by our
silence, agreement and collaboration. They are not beyond our control
and we are empowered to stop them. Every individual should stop these
acts of abuse at his/her own place!
Look around! Homeless animals are getting poisoned, shot and beaten in
your courtyards only for their right to live and co-exist in our society.
In front of us, on the street and in front of our children livestock is
getting slaughtered employing the most barbarian methods. Some children
in your town take pleasure in amputating legs and playing all sorts of
malicious and abusive jokes with homeless animals. There exists a department
within your town Administration, which assigns an employee commission
based on the number of destroyed animals. The conditions that animals
live in our Baku Zoo are worse than in the times of inquisition!
It is easy not to look and not to notice all of this. We can all pretend
that it is happening without our participation. But we will not be able
to dismiss our responsibility for the past and moreover, for the future
of our Nation.
Today we have appealed to the Mayor of Baku Mr. Abutalibov with the request
to stop inhumane actions aimed at annihilation of homeless animals. We
also appealed to the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Energy
and Environment Asya Manafova and Vice Prime Minister Abbas Abbasov with
the urgent request for Azerbaijan to join European Convention on Protection
of Homeless Animals.
We summon your sense of justice and compassion and protect the right
of every living being to live and exist under acceptable life conditions.
We believe that we are a humane, peaceful and merciful nation and ruthlessness,
abuse and oppression are not part of our nature.
We hope that despite difficult living conditions of many citizens in
our Republic, Azerbaijan will find the energy to take a wise and unprecedented
decision to recognize protection and welfare of animals as one of our
national priorities.
We encourage you to participate in our efforts and join our campaign
addressing the above mentioned problems with the Parliament of Azerbaijan
and The Baku Mayor's Office. Whether or not we can call ourselves worthy
and humane society is being resolved today. This appeal is giving you
a real chance to talk about it out loud and prove that you are right once
and for all. Take your chance!
Thank you for all you do to save the animals,
Azer Karaev
Azerbaijan Society for Protection of Animals
|
