DHYAN FOUNDATION

Dear Animal Lovers, There was a time when India was synonymous to benevolence, where animals, birds, forests and trees were worshipped. Today in the same country India, voiceless creatures are being tortured terribly and destruction of natural resources is rampant. Somewhere dogs are being burnt and their burnt bodies are hung up on rods to be displayed abusively throughout the city and elsewhere tails of cow and bulls are broken deliberately, tobacco or chilli pepper is rubbed into their eyes and they are loaded mercilessly in trucks for trafficking.Peacocks are being killed brutally for their meat, bullets are being fired on monkeys and camels are butchered openly. Between all this inhumane treatment of animals, there is a ray of hope in the form of animal activists and NGOs who are working day and night putting their lives in risk for these speechless beings, out of compassion and their sense of responsibility to save creation. Dhyan Foundation is one of such rare organ...

The article was published in The Sunday Guardian

Even as we hear about cow vigilantes taking the law unto themselves now and then, here is a group of ‘cow lovers’ who are making a difference to the lives of cattle, silently. Leading the pack of Social workers is Aparna Pal, a commercial artiste. At the risk of making neighbours ‘unfriendly’ due to her cow compassion, Aparna feeds green fodder to around 20 stray cows in Gomti Nagar’s Vivek Khand area, around 8 pm, almost daily. These cows assemble outside her house without fail to have their daily share of green vegetables. Aparna leaves her house around 7pm each day with empty sacks to collect green vegetables from nearby vegetable sellers. “They keep aside cabbage, spinach, peas and other similar vegetables for me and I collect them for the cows,” said Aparna. There is adequate arrangement for clean water as well. While neighbours object to Aparna’s gesture, nothing deters her. “I take the responsibility to clean the place after the cows are gone. I even lift the...

The article was published in Times Of India.

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The article was published in The Times Of India.

Members of animal protection organisation Dhyan Foundation and People For Animals organised a car rally in protest against the increasing animal trafficking from Bihar, West Bengal and Rajasthan.  A car rally was held in the national capital today. Working professionals and school children protested against the atrocities on animals and the illegal animal trade taking place at the Bangladesh border via Bihar and West Bengal. Organized by an animal protection organization Dhyan Foundation along with People For Animals (PFA), the rally saw hoards of people in at least 500 cars decorated with banners and our national flag. " United Humans Against Atrocities on Animals " was the theme of the rally which began from Kasturbha Gandhi Marg and made its first pitstop at the office of the resident commissioner for West Bengal at Baba Kharak Singh Marg, and then moving on to Bihar Bhawan in Chanakyapuri. "Mafia-Police nexus, bandh karo bandh karo" read one of the ban...