Month: September 2014

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From a Non-vegetarian eating Muslim to a Vegan – Reflections by Faizan Jaleel

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Guest post* by Faizan Jaleel

*Views expressed herein are solely the personal views of the author – Faizan Jaleel, who can be contacted on faizanjaleel@icloud.com

**For those interested in the subject, there is also a website based book titled, “Animals in Islam” by Al-Hafiz B.A. Mazri , which can be accessed by clicking here. 

Being a Muslim has been linked to meat eating and in fact rightly so because many or most of the Muslims (followers of Islam) are non vegetarians. Being a Muslim myself and a non vegetarian till around 2009, I could simply understand that meat was a part of our cuisine and never in the entire time of my being a Non Vegetarian came from any religious guidance at that time. Meat was cooked and we ate it. It was not told to us in any religious sermon that you should eat meat to be a Muslim and yes neither it was the…

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Emergence of sacred forests at Resilience 2014

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A session on community forests, ecosystem services and resilience of smallholder agriculture at Resilience 2014

Handout of talk on emergence of sacred forests: Bhagwat_Resilience-2014_2014-05-06

Description of the session:

Reconnecting culture and agriculture: community forests, ecosystem services and resilience of smallholder agriculture

Do community forests in farming landscapes make smallholder agriculture more resilient? This session will examine the social-ecological system of community forests in the context of resilience of agriculture. This topic is important and urgent because it addresses the relevance of cultural institutions for food security, nutrition and wellbeing of some of the poorest people in the world.

Research thus far has suggested that community forests are ubiquitous in the rural landscapes in many developing countries and due to their cultural significance to local people many of them are considered sacred (Bhagwat and Rutte, 2006). In addition to their cultural role, sacred forests also provide a variety of…

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Thane, India: Thane SPCA opens a new raptor center

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By Thane SPCA

 

Many will remember the Raptor Hermitage Initiative taken up by Thane SPCA in the month of March 2014. We suggested that the Forest Department allow us to use the dilapidated cages within the Karnala Sanctuary for Raptors to rehabilitate before they take flight. They agreed only if we donate the funds to them!! We raised funds for this with much difficulty and made the cage brand new.

The revamped raptor cage was inaugurated on August 22, 2014 by Local MLA Vivek Patil in the presence of Addl Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Conservator of Forests along with Team Thane SPCA. Twelve Black Kites were transferred from Thane SPCA Animal Hospital to this cage for rehabilitation till they will be fit to fly. One fresh water turtle has also been transferred to give company to the lonely turtle inside the turtle pond.

Thane SPCA has guided the Forest Officials about the caretaking of these birds. Thane SPCA and RAWW members will be following up closely with the Karnala forest officials about the upkeep of these birds for the next two to three months.

As and when the birds grow their flight feathers (which they have lost because of their injuries), they will be released in our presence and in the meanwhile the birds which are still under treatment at Thane SPCA and will need rehabilitation, will be again transferred there. This cycle will enable us to receive more birds for treatment and give more space for the injured birds at Thane SPCA.

The birds now have three tiers of perches and ample space to recuperate before their release.

There was some discussion about a Star Tortoise rehabilitation and the Addl PCCF has principally agreed to go ahead with it pending our submission of a Project Report. It will be submitted shortly.

We will be transferring more soft shelled turtles to the turtle pond at Karnala within the next two weeks. For their food, we have also introduced a pair of adult rohu-katla and some fingerlings which will breed there and the feeding cycle will be complete as nature intended. Planning to introduce some imported guppies also. Some water plants will also be introduced, for which we have requested the Go Green Nursery to help us out.

 

Photo: Courtesy of Thane SPCA

 

To visit the Facebook page of the Raptor hermitage, click here.