By Justice for Animals and Nature 

People in power listen only to power – bigger power. Not to their conscience. Not to their own people who elected them to power and who are now helpless. 

Once upon a time in the pre colonial era the Sinhalese (who were all Buddhists) were called the Aryavansa (noble race) by the people of neighbouring countries because of their kindness and non violence ( Ahimsa and Karuna) towards poor defenceless animals.

Sinhalese Kings then had a moral authority second to none in the world. The Sinhalese were a proud people embodying the best of noble qualities. Today the creed of non – violence in Sri Lanka has gone to the dogs with none so poor to stop violence against non humans. Remember it was India’s Arahant Mahinda, son of the Great Emperor Asoka, who preached to the Sinhalese King Devanampiyatissa who was then hunting deer at Mihintale, in the following words:

”O great King, the birds of the air and the beasts have an equal a right to live and move about in any part of the land as thou. The land belongs to the people and all living beings; thou art only the guardian of it.”

That this profound Declaration was made in Sri Lanka 2, 300 years  ago adds to the moral authority and stature that the Sinhala Buddhists commanded at that time.

Now all that has disappeared. Roles have been reversed. Just as much as the Indian Arahant Mahinda saved the Deer and all other animals from man’s inhumanity it has dawned on India’s Prime Minister Narendra Mody to save the stray dogs and elephants and all other animals in Sri Lanka from animal cruelty and even mass culling.

That is the plea of the People of Sri Lanka to India’s Prime Minister Narendra Mody. 

Justice for Animals and Nature