Israeli activists come out with a
vegan flag design
Gad Hakimi, a designer along with a few activists
have designed a flag for the vegan movement. The
flag is composed three triangles which create the
letter V in the inner space of the flag. The white in
the flag represents light, goodness, success, and
beginning. The green represents life, nature, energy,
and harmony. The blue represents sky, sea, faith,
truth, and heaven. The flag is divided into a grid of 5
by 5 as agreed upon in the design of most country
flags. There are no animals on the flag because all the
people involved agreed that a vegan flag is not just
about animals. It’s about humans and animals being
equal and that the flag has to reflect a vision and not
the past grief. The designers of the vegan flag have
designed the flag as a free enterprise to use and
distribute, so everyone who wants to can use it for
free as they see fit.
PETA India gets a new CEO from Kerala
Dr Manilal Valliyate, who joined PETA India as its director
of veterinary affairs and who possesses a post-graduate
degree in business administration has been appointed
by the organisation to head its India office. Dr Manilal
has chalked up some of the organization’s greatest
victories. This includes getting the live embalming of
calves banned in veterinary education; encouraging
the central Department of Animal Husbandry to issue
a circular to animal husbandry directors in all states
and union territories stating that cattle must be given
anesthetics prior to castration; stopping illegal bullock
cart races, in which the animals are commonly hit with
nail-studded sticks; rescuing several once-chained
elephants from lives of loneliness in temples; and much
more. His expert testimony and reports have helped
PETA India win numerous court cases that have helped
prevent suffering to animals nation-wide. More power to
the fight against jallikattu.FIAPO Boot camps boosts animals activists
Because India is so wide spread, and because there are activists fighting against animal abuse in all
parts of the country, and because there are so many diverse laws that can be applied to catch those
who perpetrate cruelty to animals, there has been an urgent need for some way to get all these people
together, to arm them with the laws, so as to say. When major events and issues concerning animals
arise in India, local activists and NGOs almost always have limited knowledge and few opportunities to
participate. To combat this, Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO) have come up
with the idea of organising boot camps. These boot camps will lead to a well networked and informed
community, where capacity and leadership building happens on an ongoing basis, and a common set
of guidelines are followed, governed by compassion and passion for protecting the lives of all sentient
beings. We think this was sorely needed. For more info visit http://www.FIAPO.org