बॉलीवुड की अपकमिंग एक्ट्रेस कविता राधेश्याम जानवरों के लिए कपड़े उतारने के बाद अब बंदरों की हिफाजत के लिए आगे आने वाली हैं। कविता ने पिछले दिनों एक बोल्ड फोटो शूट देकर काफी सनसनी फैला चुकी हैं।
दैनिक भास्कर डॉट कॉम से बातचीत करते हुए कविता ने बताया कि दिल्ली के ऑल इंडिया इंस्टीटच्यूट ऑफ मेडिकल सांइस (एम्स) में बंदरों के ऊपर जो प्रयोग किए जा रहे हैं, उससे वे बहुत दुखी हैं । उनसे जानवरों की पीड़ा देखी नहीं जा रही है। यही कारण रहा कि उन्होंने जानवरों को बचाने के लिए अपने कपड़े उतार दिए। लेकिन इस बार कपड़े नहीं बल्कि वे भूख हड़ताल का सहारा लेंगी।
कविता राधेश्याम को इंटरनेशनल ऑग्रनाइजेशन फॉर एनीमल प्रोटेक्शन की ब्रांड एंबेसडकर हैं। संस्था के भारत के अध्यक्ष नरेश कदान ने बताया कि जब हमनें कविता ने जानवरों की हिफाजत के लिए संपर्क किया तो वे तुरंत तैयार हो गईं। उम्मीद है कि कविता की वजह से देश में जानवरों के ऊपर अत्याचार को कम करने में मदद मिलेगी। कविता से पहले पामेला एंडरसन ने भी एम्स को एक पत्र लिख तुरंत बंदरों पर प्रयोग बंद करने की अपील कर चुके हैं। कदान ने भी एम्स को एक नोटिस भेजा है।
Indian laughter Khyali Saharan also wrote a letter to the Director AIIMS to shift all Monkeys to a rescue centers recognized by the CZA and advised him to adopt alternative methods of testing.
Ban monkey testing: Pamela Anderson, pictured in India last November, has written to R.C. Deka, director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences
'It broke my heart to see the suffering that is documented in the enclosed video', wrote Anderson, in a letter sent on behalf of People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
'But the animals suffering behind closed doors at AIIMS must endure this nightmare every day.'
In the letter, Anderson said dozens of monkeys are kept in 'cramped, barren, and rusty cages for years on end,' and appealed for the release of one monkey she said had been suffering at the research facility for nearly 20 years.
The former Baywatch star said she cried when she watched a video of caged monkeys at the centre (file photograph of monkey testing)
AIIMS officials said they had not received the letter and added the facility is 'state of the art' and insisted the animals are kept in upgraded and humane conditions.
'Firstly, we are yet to ascertain the authenticity of the letter (by Pamela Anderson).
'But considering that it has been directed by People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), we promise that the animals are kept in much better and upgraded conditions at the hospital's laboratories,' AIIMS spokesperson Y.K. Gupta said.
Gupta added: 'There are 43 monkeys at the facility, and all of them are less than 10 years of age.'
Graduate in Business Management - Human Resources from Lambton College, Sarnia (Canada), Master of Arts in Mass Communication with PG Diploma in Mass Communication, Hon. Animal Welfare Officer, AWBI / Volunteer, WCCB / Nominee, CPCSEA (Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change), had been non official Member, State Board for Wildlife with District Public Relation and Grievance Committee (Govt. of Haryana), Media Adviser to United Nation's affiliated "International Organisation for Animal Protection": OIPA in India, Member of WRN of Wildlife Trust of India, played key role in amendment of three State Legislation's of Haryana, one of Punjab, one of Rajasthan along with Central Motor Vehicle Rules, actively involved in Ambulance and shelter services for animals in distress.