AN OPED BY RUTH EISENBUD
While major media in the United States and Britain are suddenly busy stoking up the fires against wildlife, in countries like India, where a non-Judeo-Christian tradition of respect for animals predominates, the treatment is often vastly different
In INDIA: A baby deer rescued by Karuna Society, now safe and sound, with nothing to fear!
Ramping UP for the Great Deer Crusade of 2014
“Earlier this week, CBS did a very biased and one-sided presentation of the up-coming deer slaughter… shame on CBS reporters for such poor investigative journalism, for listening only to the very voices that are backing the killing, and not checking “their” facts, or doing the proper reserach on alternatives. The USDA is in the wildlife killing business and has to keep thier “killers” busy, to justify their salaries. The bit about donating meat to pantires is a sham, since most of the that meat will never be eaten…” —Zelda Penzel
• As reported by Jennifer McLogan in Federal Sharpshooters May Move In On Long Island Deer, the die seems to be already cast.
To justify their rapacious hunger to dominate and destroy any living being, labeled as ‘trespasser’, the enforcers of dominion have contrived statistics that fail to portray a realistic assessment of deer as an integral part of forest ecology. They raise hysterical claims of disease and pestilence, destruction of the forest, destruction of crops, as they label the deer a plague on mankind. Every holy war must have its plagues. This is the way of the semitic religions in their never ending quest for supremacy over animal kind and nature, over human trespassers and over each other. These three religions have convinced themselves that survival depends on scapegoating enemies, especially when the number of followers is on the decline. What better way to rev up membership (i.e donations), than by rallying around a common enemy. This time the enemy is a friendly animal, that co-exists peacefully with its habitat and with mankind – the deer. Next time it might be another animal to justify increased funds for the morally bankrupt department of wilderness services or it might be the mosque down the street, the synagogue on the corner or a sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.Anyone who understands the vicious, duplicitous nature of this impending genocide, must look within, to decide if it is possible to remain in and provide moral or financial support to the animal phobic terrorist religions of dominion. These three religions combined: Judaism, Christianity and Islam are responsible for unspeakable, immeasurable animal suffering, since the mandate of dominion was first invoked five thousand years ago.
“Genesis 9:1-3 ‘The fear and dread of you shall rest on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the air, on everything that creeps on the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; into your hand they are delivered. Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and just as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.’”
This latest chapter in the never ending holy war against animalkind is fully backed by all the forces of dominion of a christian nation: hunters, wildlife services, government officials, the media, tyrannical religious doctrine and the sanctimonious religious leaders who raise a ruckus, when their tribe is threatened by verbal or real violence, yet show no empathy or compassion for the animals they condemn with the righteous fervor of a moral imperative. Some political leaders, such as Mayor Bloomberg of NYC, make light of the violence they support. While commenting on a goose call he ordered, he mocked it in a tone reminiscent of the sadism of nazi-speak::
When reason fails…
Eloquent, articulate and intelligent rebuttals have been issued by those who have seen beyond the cruelty of the judeo.christian tradition. Despite the best effort of the the holy warriors of dominion to inculcate in them the fear and dread so cherished by this tradition, these individuals understand the nature of compassion, that it is based on respect for the lives of both animals and men:
https://www.greanvillepost.com/2013/12/09/time-magazine-weighs-in-on-the-hunting-issue-disgracefully/
Responses to the news of the upcoming holocaust, from locals in the affected area have attempted to reason with the merry band of killers with pleas for common sense and compassion., as indicated by this sample of responses:
Lyme disease carriers come from & are spread by numerous feral & domestic sources particularly dogs, cats, mice, raccoons, ground hogs, squirrels, possums, skunks, birds, moles, rabbits etc… If Lyme disease was as much a problem as proponents of this wreckless proposal make it out to be, no one would be living here.
Allowing the notorious Wildlife Services to perform this task is outrageous. One of the most corrupt, venal, savage & incompetent government agencies in American history. They get laws repealed with a mere wink & a handshake to local politicians who allow our neighborhoods to be turned into a war zone. Apparently Wildlife Services is now spreading their sick carnage to the east where they can fleece the public even more. Remember, if they aren’t killing they’re not making any money. They’ve been slaughtering our wildlife in the west for decades & now see a great opportunity to increase their savagery by jumping on the now popular deer killing bandwagon. This ruthless rogue agency should be disbanded & held accountable for its crimes, not invading our neighborhoods with lethal weapons maiming, torturing, killing & leaving a bloody trail all over the eastern portion of Long Island.
In closing, before you complain about deer being a nuisance, remember, you destroyed their habitat, to build your own. Long Island politicians do not allow this to happen…
Though much of the local public is against this upcoming celebration of the right to slaughter, the inheritors of dominion, are incapable of the rational thought required to understand any opposition to their quest. They are the good soldiers of dominion, marching onward in their latest adventure to establish once and for all their supremacy over nature and animal kind. Since the glory of such destruction fades quickly, after they have had their fill of deer slaughter, they will find a new victim, a new enemy, a new scapegoat: for they must fill the void in the spiritually impoverished existence, where the measure of a man is determined by the right to kill defenseless animals with gusto:
Hunters: What makes some men derive pleasure from killing a defenseless creature?
Even if the story were true, that deer are such “pests”…would YOU volunteer and get some kicks from wiping them out?
What if the measure of a man were instead based on protection, care and comfort for the weak
rather than the “divine right” to commit mayhem and violence against non-human beings?
Tending to a fawn at the Karuna Sanctuary of India…
WHAT IF…?
What if religion, political figures, government agencies such as wilderness services and religious leaders were on the side of the animals. What if it were against the law to order a cull of any animal? What if religion taught:
"For there is nothing inaccessible for death.
All beings are fond of life, hate pain, like pleasure,
shun destruction, like life, long to live. To all life
is dear." —Jain Acharanga Sutra. “All things breathing, all things existing, all living beings whatever, whould not be slain or treated with violence, or insulted, or tortured or driven away. This is the pure unchanging eternal law, which the wise ones who know the world have proclaimed…” —Jain Acharanga Sutra
This is not a fantasy, but a realizable possibility where dominionist religious doctrine has not infiltrated the mainstream view of animals. How different it is in India, where ahimsa informs the prevailing view of man and his relation to nature and animal kind; where Wilderness Services cooperates with animal organizations to protect, rescue and rehabilitate wildlife The following is an example of a deer rescued by wilderness services, then given medical care and respect at the Karuna Society Sanctuary, then released to the wilderness, when fully recovered: http://www.karunasociety.org/spotted-deer-recoverss
Spotted Deer Recovers from a Leg Injury and is Released Back into the Wild
In July, a young spotted deer was brought in by the forest department. Her leg was deeply infected, inflamed and paralyzed. The chances of recovery at this stage were minimal. We started immediate treatment, and the infection seemed to heal, but the left foot was still not functioning.
With further exploration we found two deeper wounds that went down to the bone. These wounds took five months to heal. After one year, fully recovered, this beautiful spotted deer was released back to its original habitat with the help of the forest department officials. The wildlife doctor from Wildlife Trust of India is still amazed that the deer survived.
What if those of us who care for protection, rescue and compassion over culls, hunting and slaughter were to take a stand against the religions that encourage the latter. What if we were to say no more – We will not tolerate your desecration of the sanctity of life for the sake of preserving archaic, violent doctrine. What if we were to finally break the ties with religions that are in direct opposition to the values of the compassion we hold dear. What if we were to say we will not support your cruelty, no matter how you try to get around it with slick phrases such as ‘the dominion of love’. There can be no love where slaughter is a holy right. The myth of the good shepherd must finally be laid to rest and with it the cruelty of dominion.
“It is the essential characteristic of a wise person that he/she does not kill any living being.
One should know that non-killing and equality of all living beings are the main principles of [a good] religion”—Jain sutra
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ruth Eisenbud is a veteran animal rights activist.
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