Preamble

Considering that Life is one, all living beings having a common origin and having diversified in the course of the evolution of the species.

Considering that all living beings possess natural rights, and that any animal with a nervous system has specific rights.

Considering that the contempt for, and even the simple ignorance of these natural rights cause serious damage to nature and lead man to commit crimes against animals.

Considering that the coexistence of species implies a recognition by the human species of the right of other animal species to live.

Considering that the respect of humans for animals is inseparable from the respect of man for another man.

IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED THAT:

Article 1.
All animals are born equal and they have the same rights to existence.

Article 2
a) Every animal has the right to be respected.
b) Man, like the animal species, cannot assume the right to exterminate other animals or to exploit them, thereby violating this right. He should use his conscience for the service of the animals.
c) Every animal has the right to consideration, good treatment and the protection of man.

Article 3
a) No animal should be submitted to bad treatment or cruel actions.
b) If the death of an animal is necessary, this should be sudden and without fear or pain.

Article 4
a) All animals belonging to a wild species have the right to live free in their natural environment, and have the right to reproduce.
b) Each deprivation of freedom, even for educational purposes, is in opposition to this right.

Article 5
a) Every animal that usually lives in a domestic environment must live and grow to a rhythm natural to his species.
b) Any change to this rhythm and conditions dictated by man for mercantile purpose, is a contradiction of this law.

Article 6
a) All animals selected by man, as companions must have a life corresponding to their natural longevity.
b) To abandon an animal is a cruel and degrading action.

Article 7
Working animals must only work for a limited period and must not be worked to exhaustion. They must have adequate food and rest.

Article 8
a) Experiments on animals that cause physical and mental pain, are incompatible with animal rights, even if it is for medical, scientific, commercial or any other kind of experiment.
b) A substitute technique must be investigated and developed.

Article 9
In the eventuality of an animal bred for food, it must be fed, managed, transported and killed without it being in fear or pain.

Article 10
a) No animal should be used for entertainment.
b) Animal exhibitions and shows that use animals are incompatible with an- animal’s dignity.

Article 11
Every action that causes the unnecessary death of an animal, is cruel which is a crime against life.

Article 12
a) Every action that causes the death of a lot of wild animals is genocide, which is a crime against the species.
b) Pollution and destruction leads to the extinction of the species.

Article 13
a) Dead animals must be treated with respect.
b) Violent scenes, where animals are the victims, must be forbidden at the cinema and on TV, unless they are for the demonstration of animal rights.

Article 14
a) Protection and safeguarding associations must be represented at government level.
b) Animal rights must be defended by law as are human rights.

The text of the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF ANIMAL RIGHTS has been adopted from the International League of Animal Rights and Affiliated National Leagues in the course of an International Meeting on Animal Rights which took place in London from 21st to 23rd September 1977.

“There’s none so blind as the one who refuses to see”. Scientists may warn us as much as they want about Global Warming, its dangers and its causes, people hear what they will. They continue their lethal emissions of greenhouse effect gases, and even increase these emissions year after years. Out of absolutely no knowledge they decide that the situation isn’t so bad after all and scientists are just stupid fanatics who scream their lungs out for no reason. And those who declare being “green people” are even worse since, instead of tagetting the very poison: fossil energies like Oil and Coal, they target nuclear energy which is the only one which, right now, can efficiently compete with fossil energies. Clean energies like solar or wind, have a future yet, this is NOW that we must stop CO2 emissions since tomorrow will be too late. People are disconnected from Reality and live enclosed into their cognitive and neurotic cocoons, totally identified with their thoughts which interpret the Real World according to their “dreams”. Yet we know the consequences of the ostrich policy …. it doesn’t bring any good. We are facing the worse war Humankind had to face ever during its long history, yet, we continue living as usual our trivial and leisury life as if nothing’s happening. Since Kyoto Summit in 1992 we drag our feet and continue our gadget life as usual. It really seems that nothing can be done to save Humankind from its blindness and maybe we must go through the cataclysm for us to open our eyes, that’s really sad indeed. Patrick Ali Pahlavi

Patrick Ali Pahlavi

Since Kyoto Summit in 1992, some 20 years ago, America drags its feet and refuses to fill its responsabilities towards our planet, and they are huge ! Indeed, it is only recently that America has been surpassed by China in the amount of CO2 released in the atmosphere.

We know that Global Warming is mainly caused by CO2 emanations and the IPCC as well as the greatest scientists, like James Lovelock for instance, are warning us that if nothing is quickly done Global Warming will bolt in an exponential feedback loop that’ll escape our control and maybe Earth regulating mechanisms too.

This means hundreds of million deads for the decades to come, if we don’t move immediately, and drastically reduce our CO2 emanations.

Do you know what America, this great country is doing ? Is it eventually reducing is CO2 emanation ? Not at all and in fact, right the opposite. It is just embarking onto a campain of Oil wells drilling that’ll make of this great country within the ten next years, the first producer of Oil on Earth. This of course will dramatically increase CO2 emanations on our planet while our main problem is to swiftly reduce them.

America possesses an advanced technology notably in Solar energy which could make the difference even though it is a bit expansive. A solar powerplant costs twice the price of a coal one, it is true, but America wastes so much money anyway !

The sole Iraq war, which, remember, was based on a lie, has costed 3000 billion dollars to the US taxpayer and for what really ? Iraq after American soldiers are gone will fall into the shia Islamists hands and Tehran’s regime does everything needed for that. Also, the war in Afghanistan costs 10 billion dollars a month. This simply shows that when America wants to find money it can … but not for Global Warming and Humankind survival, why !?

So, the way America with its Oil wells drilling policy turns its back to the most crucial challenge Humanity faces since the very beginning of its terrestrial adventure, is just blowing my mind, nothing less. Are America’s deciders Aliens hiding behind the White House’s veil ?

I have only two words for this behavior: insane and criminal ! Maybe America doesn’t care about the rest of the Humankind on Earth, this we undestand well, but what about its own children ? What future for them ?

Patrick Ali Pahlavi