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== History == | == History == | ||
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Plants (PCAP) was founded by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar in 1977. In 1982, Sarkar wrote a book on his philosophy [[Neohumanism]], that laid the philosophical and inspirational basis for the implementation of the objectives of PCAP.<ref name="About PCAP">{{cite web|title=About PCAP|url=http://www.pcap.amps.org/about.htm|publisher=Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha|accessdate=3 May 2014}}</ref> | Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Plants (PCAP) was founded by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar in 1977. In 1982, Sarkar wrote a book on his philosophy [[Neohumanism]], that laid the philosophical and inspirational basis for the implementation of the objectives of PCAP.<ref name="About PCAP">{{cite web|title=About PCAP|url=http://www.pcap.amps.org/about.htm|publisher=Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha|accessdate=3 May 2014}}</ref> | ||
== Objectives == | |||
PCAP have the following ten aims and objectives—<ref name="About PCAP" /> | |||
# To prevent cruelty to animals and birds. | |||
# To protect rare and dying species of animals and birds from extinction. | |||
# To prevent cruelty to plants and trees and to protect rare and dying species of plants and trees from extinction. | |||
# To prevent deforestation and create and maintain ecological balance in relation to environments. | |||
# To create a sentiment of love for animals, birds and plants by popularizing their usefulness to human beings, society and the environment. | |||
# To popularize the vegetarian menu and thus save the lives of innocent animals and birds. | |||
# To provide food to animals and to provide sanctuaries and medical help to ailing and sick animals and birds. | |||
# To promote forest based products and industries for the economic upliftment of the poor, tribal and forest people. | |||
# To construct and maintain sanctuaries, aviaries, ponds, wells pastures, gardens and forests, for the welfare of human beings, animals, birds and plants. | |||
# To promote and develop afforestation in order to convert dry and barren lands into fertile and cultivable ones. | |||
== References == | == References == |