How to become one?
And what sort of things an animal-rights activist has to do in order to save the animals?
Do you just donate money or is there any fieldwork too?
I’m a member of RSPB but I don’t really do anything except paying a little amount of money each month to them…I was wondering how can I be more active to feel that I’m actually doing something for the birds and animals?
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How to become one?
Say Kitty-Kitty one hundred times.
To become a pro, become a die-hard vegetarian and threaten to kill anyone who tests drugs on animals. Plan and lead a zoo breakout and take up arms against the tyranny of KFC and McDonalds :p
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become a vegetarian? seriously? 
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Adopt one?
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i knew it - Hanuman Bhakht Hareem
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i knew it - Hanuman Bhakht Hareem
sorry, what does it mean?
No I wasn't joking, it really hurts me each time I see a dead animal on a road. Just today I saw a frog crossing the road while we were driving, we didn't run over it but probably it wouldn't survive, there were too many cars. And once I saw a little rabbit on motorway and I screamed and told my husband to stop, he slowed down and the rabbit was saved but I cried the whole way thinking about it.
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so how come you are okay with eating meat?
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Those animals including badgers and hedgehogs are getting killed for no good, in fact, most of them are considered or would be considered endangered in coming years.
Slaughtering of goats and cows does not effect the food chain, in fact, it regulates it.
And please I don’t want to turn this into another debate about vegetarians and meat eaters.
And if meat wasn’t available in shops I probably would never slaughter an animal just because I have a weak heart.
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^Fair enough.....
I don't get it though. The animals you mentioned aren't birds. Does the RSPB protect other animals too? Just asking for my information.
Also, for anyone to be a true animal activist he/she must lead a vegetarian/vegan lifestyle. You can't be an animal rights activist and eat meat. It's like saying I am a human rights activist but I have no problem with cannibalism.
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^Fair enough.....
I don't get it though. The animals you mentioned aren't birds. Does the RSPB protect other animals too? Just asking for my information.
Yes they do...me, hubby and kids were members of Wildlife Trusts too but ran out the membership recently, I should registered with them again. Both orgs RSPB and UK Wildlife Trust send you some cool magz and info each month so you stay up to date.
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^that sounds like fun!
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^you're still awake? hehe
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Animals do not care about rights of each other , ever watched National Geographic series Wild ?
They kill each other , they steal from each other , they cannibalize their own kids (gross). They fight , eat feces (gross) , they destroy our crops .
A large species of animals are not vegetarian , then why should we become vegetarian to protect their rights ?
Why are we supposed to provide sweaters to squirrels in winter and provide shelters for animals at the cost of shelters for homeless humans. All that money which is spent on building and maintaining animals shelters can be spent to build and maintain shelters for homeless people.
Yes they serve some great functions for human benefit , but they are programmed for it , if we care or not they are bound to fertilize our lands , pollinate our fruits and crops , control population of harmful insects , maintain a balance in nature.
Nature has created them and nature will take care of their rights , let us all work for human rights.
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sorry, what does it mean?
No I wasn't joking, it really hurts me each time I see a dead animal on a road. Just today I saw a frog crossing the road while we were driving, we didn't run over it but probably it wouldn't survive, there were too many cars. And once I saw a little rabbit on motorway and I screamed and told my husband to stop, he slowed down and the rabbit was saved but I cried the whole way thinking about it.
Sorry about that Hareem. I actually respect your kindness towards animals. You appear to have a soft heart and it comes through on your posts. (Personally, I can identify - I try o step away from ants etc and not crush them accidentally - and if I have to kill a spider, I do it such that it goes instantaneously).
Re; Hanumaan, it was supposed to be in good humor - you may recall you had sent a video about Indians being powerful as Hanuman (the vanara god). I actually enjoyed that video - but you became Hanuman Bhakth - devtee of Hanumaan after that (just as a joke)
Sorry for the confusion - and keep on with your kindness towards animals
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I think you should buy me a penguin. That would do it for this year. Next year i'l take a polar bear.
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Animals do not care about rights of each other , ever watched National Geographic series Wild ? They kill each other , they steal from each other , they cannibalize their own kids (gross). They fight , eat feces (gross) , they destroy our crops . A large species of animals are not vegetarian , then why should we become vegetarian to protect their rights ?
Why are we supposed to provide sweaters to squirrels in winter and provide shelters for animals at the cost of shelters for homeless humans. All that money which is spent on building and maintaining animals shelters can be spent to build and maintain shelters for homeless people.
Yes they serve some great functions for human benefit , but they are programmed for it , if we care or not they are bound to fertilize our lands , pollinate our fruits and crops , control population of harmful insects , maintain a balance in nature.
Nature has created them and nature will take care of their rights , let us all work for human rights.
My sentiments exactly.
Moreover:
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Man is also animal.**
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Animals do not care about rights of each other , ever watched National Geographic series Wild ? They kill each other , they steal from each other , they cannibalize their own kids (gross). They fight , eat feces (gross) , they destroy our crops . A large species of animals are not vegetarian , then why should we become vegetarian to protect their rights ?
Why are we supposed to provide sweaters to squirrels in winter and provide shelters for animals at the cost of shelters for homeless humans. All that money which is spent on building and maintaining animals shelters can be spent to build and maintain shelters for homeless people.
Yes they serve some great functions for human benefit , but they are programmed for it , if we care or not they are bound to fertilize our lands , pollinate our fruits and crops , control population of harmful insects , maintain a balance in nature.
Nature has created them and nature will take care of their rights , let us all work for human rights.
But we are human, right? Cars running over animals was just one example, there are worse examples, like people killing elephants for their tusks and leaving their infants on the road for dying....there is actually an orphanage for baby elephants in Kenya. Do you think we should close down that orphanage because elephants don't care about us?
You don't know how similar some animals are to humans. One of the orphan elephants was released in the wild again when they grew up and after few years the guardian went to see it, and the elephant recognised him and came close to him and started stroking him with his trunk.
Just because animals can't speak, doesn't mean they don't have emotions.
Sorry about that Hareem. I actually respect your kindness towards animals. You appear to have a soft heart and it comes through on your posts. (Personally, I can identify - I try o step away from ants etc and not crush them accidentally - and if I have to kill a spider, I do it such that it goes instantaneously).
Re; Hanumaan, it was supposed to be in good humor - you may recall you had sent a video about Indians being powerful as Hanuman (the vanara god). I actually enjoyed that video - but you became Hanuman Bhakth - devtee of Hanumaan after that (just as a joke)
Sorry for the confusion - and keep on with your kindness towards animals
hehe okay...I don't remember that video.
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Have you watched that video on Discovery where elephant herds are wreaking havoc on human villages in India , Sumatra , Liberia and many other countries ?
Some humans need that tusks to earn their living .
First of all let us get rid of poverty , illiteracy, diseases then we will attend to animal rights for now we cannot afford to.
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^very typical desi thinking.
and what do you mean by "we"? And why can't we do everything together?
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I don't think desis care living in a world without lions, tigers, elephants and polar bears. Very sad.