Asia for Animals conference resolutions:
1) To express support to the efforts of the Philippine Animal Welfare
Sciety and various other environmental and/or humane groups in their fight
against the Ocean Adventure Park in Subic, a case wich has big
implications for the implementation of the Philippine Animal Welfare Act,
proposed by Trixie Concepcion;
2) To support the international boycott of Indian leather, to save Indian
cattle from cruelty, requested by the Hon. Richard Jones, Chinny Krishna,
Rahul Sehgal, Payal Sodhi, Suparna Saraswati, Dr. Sandeep Jain, and
Pradeep Kumar Nath.
3) To help and support Indian non-governmental organizations to protect
sea turtles, requested by the Hon. Richard Jones, Chinny Krishna,
Rahul Sehgal, Payal Sodhi, Suparna Saraswati, Dr. Sandeep Jain, and
Pradeep Kumar Nath.
4) To support the proposal to ban the killing of whale sharks along the
west coast of India, requested by the Hon. Richard Jones, Chinny
Krishna, Rahul Sehgal, Payal Sodhi, Suparna Saraswati, Dr. Sandeep
Jain, and Pradeep Kumar Nath.
5) To support the prevention of illegal trafficking in wildlife, and
wildlife parts, e.g. the traffic in dolphins and chiru, requested by
the Hon. Richard Jones, Chinny Krishna, Rahul Sehgal, Payal Sodhi,
Suparna Saraswati, Dr. Sandeep Jain, and Pradeep Kumar Nath.
6) The decommissioned submarine and frigate battleship should be
immediately removed from the turtle habitat at Visakhapatnam, requested by
Pradeep Kumar Nath, of the Visakha SPCA.
7) The Visakha municipality should cooperate with the Visaka SPCA in
faciliating Animal Birth Control, requested by Pradeep Kumar Nath, of the
Visakha SPCA.
8) The Governor and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, India, must stop
animal sacrifices, as must the other levels of government throughout
India, requested by Pradeep Kumar Nath, of the Visakha SPCA.
9) The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh must stop construction to hotels
all along the beaches, as this will destroy the turtle habitat,
requested by Pradeep Kumar Nath, of the Visakha SPCA.
10) To stop the illegal harvesting of turtles in Indonesia and the sale of
turtles on Turtle Island, requested by Sherry Grant, of Bali, Indonesia.
11) That this conference respectfully requests that the Chinese government
should give urgent consideration to introducing legislation to prevent
cruelty to animals, and ensure adequate welfare for animals.
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12) All living creatures should be treated with equal compassion and
respect, requested by the Hon. Richard Jones, Chinny Krishna, Rahul
Sehgal, Payal Sodhi, Suparna Saraswati, Dr. Sandeep Jain, and Pradeep
Kumar Nath.