We should help all life, have sympathy with all life and avoid injury or cruelty to anything living. To educate all to this approach to life we need to create a league of mercy or karuna - compassion clubs in all schools and in every country. In India during 1995, which we declared as Vegetarian Year the Indian Vegetarian Congress undertook as a project the setting up of Karuna Clubs which were formed in many schools. It was found that children whether vegetarian or non-vegetarian wanted to join the clubs. Governments have their charters giving citizens rights such as the right to live, right to habitation, right to move freely, right to justice, right to education and many other rights.
Life is dear to all creatures.
Animals need to be cared for and protected. We need to co-exist and avoid destroying the many species which are now threatened. In an ideal world everyone would consider the creatures and promote their rights to ensure they can enjoy their life as free from human intervention as possible. The world has limited resources to meet our needs but it cannot satisfy our greed. Therefore those in the vegetarian movement need to have a broad vision.