Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Plants
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Plants or PCAP is an international non-governmental social organisation and a sub-organisation of Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha that aims to prevent cruelty to animals and plants.
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Plants | |
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Abbreviation |
PCAP (pronounced "pee-cap") |
Formation | 1977 |
Founder(s) | Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar |
Type | Non-governmental organization |
Legal status | Foundation |
Website | www.pcap.amps.org |
Location in Sarkarverse |
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.[1]
Objectives
PCAP have the following ten aims and objectives—[1]
- 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
- ^ a b "About PCAP" Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha retrieved 3 May 2014