A R O B I N P R O D U C T I O N

INTRODUCTION:

1) Dating from the 6th century BCE, is the oldest religious philosophy that has advocated complete non-violence towards animals and birds of all forms. The concept of Ahiṃsā is so much intertwined with Jainism that it conjures up images of ascetics who cover their mouths and sweep the ground before them with small brushes to avoid injuring the most minuscule forms of life and Jain-owned animal and bird sanctuaries where even the sickest, most deformed birds and beasts are protected and cherished. Non-violence is the top priority in the basic set of Principles of the Jain religion

2) Four schools of thought were influential in ancient Greece and anthropocentrism The philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras ( c. 580–c. 500 BCE) was the central figure within animism and birds He urged respect for animals and birds because he believed that humans and non-humans had the same kind of soul, one spirit that pervades the universe and makes us one with animals. The souls were indestructible, made of fire and air, and were reincarnated from human to animal, or vice versa, the so-called transmigration of the soul He was a vegetarian, and was reportedly the first animal “liberationist,” buying animals from the market to set them free.

3) While the first chapter of the Book of Genesis describes how God gave human beings dominion over animals, and Birds this is tempered throughout the Torah by injunctions to show kindness and to respect animals & Birds

4) Both Hindu and Buddhist societies saw widespread vegetarianism from the 3rd century BCE, in line with ahimsa the doctrine of non-violence. Ryder writes that animals and birds were thought to possess the same feelings as human beings, and several kings of ancient India built hospitals for sick animals and Birds Human souls could be reborn as animals or Birds if they had behaved badly, with all souls regarded as part of the Supreme Being. Failing to observe the duty to care could lead to bad karma which increases the likelihood of returning as an animal next time.
5) Muhammad (570–632) taught that it was permissible to kill animals or Birds but to do so unnecessarily or with cruelty was forbidden. “If you must kill, kill without torture.” He saw animals as having internal mental states. They should not be bound when being slaughtered, and should not be made to wait. To let an animal see you sharpen your knife is to kill it twice.

6) Some varieties of Animism totemic religions of indigenous people’s paganism and many hold the belief that animals or birds are spiritual beings, people practicing these belief systems have great respect towards the right to life of animals.