It is not only the pigeons have broken feet, the mynahs as well. I believe many birds in the wild suffer the same fate.
The photo below shows how human hair coiled around the pigeon’s foot and it was already broken but still hanging on by the hair.
I couldn’t catch her and I didn’t see her again.
The mynah has lost her feet.
These birds are gentle and harmless. There is really no need to cause harm to them. Since there are ways to handle them humanely, always make a wise and compassionate choice. Killing is never necessary.
It is already not easy for humans to thrive, let alone animals. If we can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them! Always choose to be kind. Let’s learn to coexist with one another.
Many many years ago, I watched a documentary on bears being locked in a small cage their entire life for the purpose of extracting their bile juice. Not so sure if it is call bile juice. It was shown in China. The people opened a hole on the bear and inserted a tube into its bile and withdraw its bile juice every now and then. The tube that was inserted has never been removed. The cages were so small that they can hardly move an inch. I believe it still happen today. There is nothing I can do about it at that time and even now but to tell people not to consume bear’s palm or bile juice. At that moment, I wish all these could end immediately. It was a total suffering for the bears and there is definitely no joy in making such livelihood.
Few months back, when I was looking at my Facebook, I saw the same thing, a bear was locked in the cage for their bile juice. The post came from Animal Asia. They are rescuing or try to help these bears. I still feel the same way as I did many donkey years ago but this time round, I am no longer a student. I made a small donation every now and then to Animal Asia, hoping my little donation can help support them with bringing home another bear from the bile farm.
When I looked at this video. I was so touched by the people who are behind helping the bears. To free the bears from the bile farm, from the unbearable pain. Venerable Wuling would have said, to give fearlessness!:)
For those who would like to know more about what Animal Asia is doing, please click https://www.animalsasia.org/
Please help them as if we are helping and freeing ourselves or our loved ones!
“Bhikkhus, dwell with yourselves as an island, with yourselves as a refuge, with no other refuge; with the Dhamma as an island, with the Dhamma as a refuge, with no other refuge. ~ SN 22.43
“Enough, Vakkali! Why do you want to see this foul body? One who sees the Dhamma sees me; one who sees me sees the Dhamma. For in seeing the Dhamma,Vakkali, one sees me; and in seeing me, one sees the Dhamma.” ~ SN 22.87
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