Friday, July 29, 2011
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Moving Sanctuary- 50 animals need new homes built.
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การเคลื่อนย้ายสถานสงเคราะห์สัตว์ สัตว์กว่า 50 ชีวิตต้องการที่อยู่อาศัยใหม่ ณ ขณะนี้
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| Zoe the wild pig in her new spacious enclosure. โซอี้ เจ้าหมูป่าในพื้นที่ล้อมรั้วที่กว้างใหญ่ |
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| The education center will be moved to 7 rai where we already have buffalo. ศูนย์การศึกษาจะย้ายไปอยู่บนพื้นที่กว่า 7 ไร่ ซึ่งเป็นที่ที่เรามีกระบืออาศัยอยู่ที่นั่นแล้ว |
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| Zoe loves her new space. โซอี้ชอบพื้นที่ใหม่ของหล่อนมาก |
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| Our buffalo are very content. ส่วนกระบือของเราก็มีความพึงพอใจเป็นอย่างมาก |
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| Baby Buff enjoys her life of freedom. ลูกกระบือก็มีความสุขกับอิสรภาพของชีวิต |
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| Our boys whose parents work on the project. เด็กๆ ที่พ่อกับแม่ทำงานที่นี่ |
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| Workers build new cow fences. คนงานกำลังสร้างรั้วใหม่ |
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| Illy & Pae move filing cabinets. อิลลี่และแพรกำลังเคลื่อนย้ายตู้เก็บเอกสาร |
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| Truck gets loaded with gardening stuff. รถกระบะบรรทุกอุปกรณ์ทำสวน |
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| New fences at the cow sanctuary. รั้วใหม่ของคอกวัว |
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| Even special trees get moved. แม้แต่ต้นไม้พิเศษๆ ยังต้องขนย้ายไปด้วย |
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| Payap University engineering students who love animals came for a friendly & helpful visit. นักศึกษาคณะวิศวกรรมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยพายัพ ผู้ซึ่งรักสัตว์ก็ได้มาเยี่ยมเยียนและให้การช่วยเหลือย่างเป็นกันเอง |
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| Donation of food for the dogs - Noel the retriever loves to receive guests. บริจาคอาหารสุนัขด้วย โนเอล สุนัขพันธุ์รีทรีฟเว่อร์ก็ชอบให้แขกมาเยี่ยม |
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| PETA & Charlie get some special attention. เพต้า และ ชาร์ลี ได้รับความสนอกสนใจเป็นพิเศษ |
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| Off to the new sanctuary. ออกเดินทางไปยังสถานสงเคราะห์สัตว์แห่งใหม่ |
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| Lots to talk about and observe. มีหลายเรื่องที่จะต้องคุยและสังเกต |
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| The pig is very interesting. เจ้าหมูตัวนี้น่าสนใจมาก |
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| Dog houses will be built in this space. คอกสุนัขจะถูกสร้างขึ้นในพื้นที่ตรงนี้ |
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| Cows crowd to meet visitors. วัวกำลังเบียดเสียดกันเพื่อมาพบปะกับผู้มาเยือน |
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Hey, plakard khao is not too bad... เฮ้ ผักกาดขาวนี่ก็ไม่เลวนะ |
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| 25 cows & bulls have been saved from slaughter by kind people. They now live their life in peace at Love Animal House. วัวและวัวกระทิงกว่า 25 ตัวถูกไถ่ออกมาจากโรงฆ่าสัตว์โดยผู้คนใจบุญ ขณะนี้วัวเหล่านี้ก็มีชีวิตอยู่อย่างสงบ ณ บ้านรักสัตว์ |
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| This old girl needs special attention. วัวแก่ก็ต้องการความเอาใจเป็นพิเศษ |
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| Never too busy to stop for a child's birthday party. Jatar has been on the project since he was only 4. Here we celebrate his 9th birthday. ฉันไม่เคยที่จะยุ่งจนเกินไปที่จะหยุดฉลองปาร์ตี้วันเกิด น้องจาต้าร์เข้าร่วมกับโครงการของเราตั้งแต่อายุได้เพียง 4 ขวบและที่นี่เราก็กำลังเฉลิมฉลองงานวันเกิดครบรอบ 9 ขวบของน้องจาร์ต้า |
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| Goose, duck & chicken house under construction. คอกห่าน ไก่ เป็ด กำลังอยู่ภายใต้การก่อสร้าง |
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| New sanctuary - construction in the process. สถานสงเคราะห์สัตว์แห่งใหม่กำลังอยู่ในขั้นตอนของการก่อสร้าง |
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| Watch for more photos, COMING SOON! รับชมรูปอื่นๆอีกมากมายได้เร็วๆนี้ |
I'm still waiting to see my new house. Wonder what it will be like?
ฉันกำลังรอคอยที่จะเห็นบ้านใหม่ สงสัยจังเลยว่ามันจะออกมาเป็นแบบไหนน้อ
I heard we can make all the noise we want and run for miles.
ฉันได้ยินมาว่าเราสามารถทำเสียงทุกเสียงออกมาตามที่เราต้องการและก็สามารถวิ่งไปได้หลายๆไมล์ได้ด้วยล่ะ
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| Poor Jacques.... he doesn't know where he is going YET! แจ็คผู้น่าสงสาร เขาไม่รู้เลยว่าเขากำลังจะไปไหน STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES. ติดตามชมข่าวสารได้ใหม่นะคะ |
Thursday, July 7, 2011
YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT....!
What’s (in) Your Beef?
by Angel F.
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In an article entitled: Safety of Beef Processing Method Is Questioned, the New York Times Online closed off 2009 with a stunning exposé of a particularly disgusting and deadly ingredient in the American food supply.
Before I go any further, I want to make it clear that, as far as I’m concerned, there is not a single part of an animal’s body, or a product that comes from an animal’s body, that is appropriate for human consumption, whether or not the body parts in question are contaminated with pathogens. Using animals for our pleasure is wrong, and that remains true whether or not it is also physically harmful to us.
Having said that, I believe this story shines a light on some little-known facts about the products of animal slavery that many people, sadly, still consider ‘food’. Unfortunately, the deceptively mild headline in The Times could almost be ignored by many as yet another report on yet another way that eating meat can kill you. Behind it, however, lies information that every person should know.
The ingredient in question is ammoniated beef trimmings (or ‘pink slime’, as described by one USDA official). Ammoniated beef trimmings are a slaughterhouse product made from trimmings that were previously considered waste (or should I say, only considered suitable for ‘pet food’). These trimmings “typically include most of the material from the outer surfaces of the carcass” which contains “larger microbiological populations”.
As stated in The Times, eight years ago, a company called Beef Products Inc. (BPI) came up with a way to turn the trimmings into money (to the tune of around $440 million a year), by turning them into “a mashlike substance frozen into blocks or chips”, that can be added to regular ground beef. The school lunch program, for instance, uses the processed beef because it saves them about $1 million a year.
As described in Grist.org,
“Evidently, scraps of cow flesh, swept up from slaughterhouse floors and pulverized into a kind of paste, are moving through the tubes… [and are] subjected to lashings of ammonium hydroxide to kill bacteria… The scene ends with heavily protected workers carefully packing uniform flesh-colored blocks into boxes.”
That’s right – scraps of cow flesh swept up from slaughterhouse floors, pulverized and treated with ammonia are being sold as a food ingredient.
The fact that ammonia is generally considered a poison didn’t seem to bother the USDA, which not only approved the process, but also agreed to the company’s request that the ammonia be classified as a “processing agent” and not an ingredient that would have to be listed on labels.
“Officials at the USDA endorsed the company’s ammonia treatment, and have said it destroys E. coli ‘to an undetectable level.’ They decided it was so effective that in 2007, when the department began routine testing of meat used in hamburger sold to the general public, they exempted Beef Products.”
When the department began routine testing… they exempted BPI. And since the processed beef was believed to be pathogen-free, it was also excluded from recalls, even when it was an ingredient in hamburgers found to be contaminated.
But tests done by the school lunch program have found both E. coli and salmonella in the ammoniated beef dozens of times. This could be due to the fact that, when treated with sufficient ammonia to kill the pathogens, the product was inedible, since it stunk of ammonia. The company’s response? They lessened the amount of ammonia used in the treatment, allowing the pathogens to survive, and potentially make their way into the digestive tracts of children and adults all over the US.
“Since 2005, E. coli has been found 3 times and salmonella 48 times, including back-to-back incidents in August in which two 27,000-pound batches were found to be contaminated. The meat was caught before reaching lunch-room trays.”
According to The Times, the majority of hamburger now sold in the U.S. contains fatty slaughterhouse trimmings which “the industry once relegated to pet food and cooking oil”.
“With the U.S.D.A.’s stamp of approval, the company’s processed beef has become a mainstay in America’s hamburgers. McDonald’s, Burger King and other fast-food giants use it as a component in ground beef, as do grocery chains. The federal school lunch program used an estimated 5.5 million pounds of the processed beef last year alone.”
Despite (or perhaps because of) the increased frequency of E. coli outbreaks in recent years, we seem to have all but forgotten what the name itself actually means, equating the name “E. coli” with simply, “food poisoning”. But we should never forget what E. coli actually is, since its origin serves to remind us of something very important about our food, namely, that what we call ‘meat’ is actually the flesh of an animal who has been killed, an animal with organs and bodily functions, similar to our own.
E. coli (or Escherichia coli) is a bacteria that lives in the bowels of animals that humans eat, and although most people don’t usually think about it (or perhaps even know about it), there’s a disturbing reason that it shows up in the food supply so frequently.
During slaughterhouse ‘processing’, it’s fairly common that an animal’s bowels are ruptured, and when that happens, the contents spill out onto the flesh that will eventually end up on someone’s plate. The massive consumer demand for animal flesh results in US slaughterhouses killing and dismembering animals at a rate of over 300 per second. Considering those numbers, it’s almost impossible to avoid these kinds of incidents.
I know it’s graphic and disturbing, but to me, the fact that most people don’t even think about it is even more disturbing. Everybody should know the truth about what or whom they eat, about the products they generate demand for, and about the ethical practices of the companies they support with their purchases.
We shouldn’t fool ourselves into imagining that the meat industry cares about our safety, or the safety of our children. It would be foolish to expect them to act in an ethically sound manner, since they exist only to make a profit, and the product they provide is ethically deplorable from the outset.
They are making money by taking others’ lives… Don’t expect them to be concerned about yours.
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by Angel F.
In an article entitled: Safety of Beef Processing Method Is Questioned, the New York Times Online closed off 2009 with a stunning exposé of a particularly disgusting and deadly ingredient in the American food supply.
Before I go any further, I want to make it clear that, as far as I’m concerned, there is not a single part of an animal’s body, or a product that comes from an animal’s body, that is appropriate for human consumption, whether or not the body parts in question are contaminated with pathogens. Using animals for our pleasure is wrong, and that remains true whether or not it is also physically harmful to us.
Having said that, I believe this story shines a light on some little-known facts about the products of animal slavery that many people, sadly, still consider ‘food’. Unfortunately, the deceptively mild headline in The Times could almost be ignored by many as yet another report on yet another way that eating meat can kill you. Behind it, however, lies information that every person should know.
The ingredient in question is ammoniated beef trimmings (or ‘pink slime’, as described by one USDA official). Ammoniated beef trimmings are a slaughterhouse product made from trimmings that were previously considered waste (or should I say, only considered suitable for ‘pet food’). These trimmings “typically include most of the material from the outer surfaces of the carcass” which contains “larger microbiological populations”.
As stated in The Times, eight years ago, a company called Beef Products Inc. (BPI) came up with a way to turn the trimmings into money (to the tune of around $440 million a year), by turning them into “a mashlike substance frozen into blocks or chips”, that can be added to regular ground beef. The school lunch program, for instance, uses the processed beef because it saves them about $1 million a year.
As described in Grist.org,
“Evidently, scraps of cow flesh, swept up from slaughterhouse floors and pulverized into a kind of paste, are moving through the tubes… [and are] subjected to lashings of ammonium hydroxide to kill bacteria… The scene ends with heavily protected workers carefully packing uniform flesh-colored blocks into boxes.”
That’s right – scraps of cow flesh swept up from slaughterhouse floors, pulverized and treated with ammonia are being sold as a food ingredient.
The fact that ammonia is generally considered a poison didn’t seem to bother the USDA, which not only approved the process, but also agreed to the company’s request that the ammonia be classified as a “processing agent” and not an ingredient that would have to be listed on labels.
“Officials at the USDA endorsed the company’s ammonia treatment, and have said it destroys E. coli ‘to an undetectable level.’ They decided it was so effective that in 2007, when the department began routine testing of meat used in hamburger sold to the general public, they exempted Beef Products.”
When the department began routine testing… they exempted BPI. And since the processed beef was believed to be pathogen-free, it was also excluded from recalls, even when it was an ingredient in hamburgers found to be contaminated.
But tests done by the school lunch program have found both E. coli and salmonella in the ammoniated beef dozens of times. This could be due to the fact that, when treated with sufficient ammonia to kill the pathogens, the product was inedible, since it stunk of ammonia. The company’s response? They lessened the amount of ammonia used in the treatment, allowing the pathogens to survive, and potentially make their way into the digestive tracts of children and adults all over the US.
“Since 2005, E. coli has been found 3 times and salmonella 48 times, including back-to-back incidents in August in which two 27,000-pound batches were found to be contaminated. The meat was caught before reaching lunch-room trays.”
According to The Times, the majority of hamburger now sold in the U.S. contains fatty slaughterhouse trimmings which “the industry once relegated to pet food and cooking oil”.
“With the U.S.D.A.’s stamp of approval, the company’s processed beef has become a mainstay in America’s hamburgers. McDonald’s, Burger King and other fast-food giants use it as a component in ground beef, as do grocery chains. The federal school lunch program used an estimated 5.5 million pounds of the processed beef last year alone.”
Despite (or perhaps because of) the increased frequency of E. coli outbreaks in recent years, we seem to have all but forgotten what the name itself actually means, equating the name “E. coli” with simply, “food poisoning”. But we should never forget what E. coli actually is, since its origin serves to remind us of something very important about our food, namely, that what we call ‘meat’ is actually the flesh of an animal who has been killed, an animal with organs and bodily functions, similar to our own.
E. coli (or Escherichia coli) is a bacteria that lives in the bowels of animals that humans eat, and although most people don’t usually think about it (or perhaps even know about it), there’s a disturbing reason that it shows up in the food supply so frequently.
During slaughterhouse ‘processing’, it’s fairly common that an animal’s bowels are ruptured, and when that happens, the contents spill out onto the flesh that will eventually end up on someone’s plate. The massive consumer demand for animal flesh results in US slaughterhouses killing and dismembering animals at a rate of over 300 per second. Considering those numbers, it’s almost impossible to avoid these kinds of incidents.
I know it’s graphic and disturbing, but to me, the fact that most people don’t even think about it is even more disturbing. Everybody should know the truth about what or whom they eat, about the products they generate demand for, and about the ethical practices of the companies they support with their purchases.
We shouldn’t fool ourselves into imagining that the meat industry cares about our safety, or the safety of our children. It would be foolish to expect them to act in an ethically sound manner, since they exist only to make a profit, and the product they provide is ethically deplorable from the outset.
They are making money by taking others’ lives… Don’t expect them to be concerned about yours.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Many cats- dogs, monkeys & birds moving to New Location
ชมรมบ้านรักสัตว์ จำเป็นที่จะต้องย้ายสัตว์ ประมาณ 50 ตัวไปยังสถานที่ใหม่ เพราะเป็นเวลานานมากแล้วที่ชาวบ้านรำคาญและต่อว่าเรื่องการเห่าของสุนัขทุกครั้งที่มีผู้ใจบุญมาเยี่ยมเยือน เราจึงถูกขอให้ย้ายภายในสิ้นเดือนมิถุนายนนี้ ขอให้ทุกท่านที่ใจบุญรักสัตว์ช่วยกรุณาบริจาคเงินเท่าที่ท่านจะช่วยได้ในการสร้างคอกสุนัขบนที่ใหม่ที่เรากำลังจะย้ายไปอยู่ สุนัขเหล่านี้เป็นสุนัขจรจัดเคยถูกทำร้ายรังแกมาก่อนได้รับการช่วยเหลือจากชมรมบ้านรักสัตว์ ที่ได้ช่วยเหลือสัตว์ต่างๆมาแล้วกว่า 22 ปีในเมืองไทย และเราก็คงจะดำเนินต่อไปนานเท่าที่จะเป็นไปได้ ขอให้ท่านเป็นส่วนหนึ่งของเราในการอนุเคราะห์สัตว์ที่น่าสงสารเหล่านี้
Donate: Love Animal House - Bangkok Bank Tapae branch a/c: 251-4-84022-8
Chumrom Baan Rak Sat is forced to move over 50 animals this month to new location. For a long time villagers have complained about dogs barking when we have visitors so now we are being evicted end of June. We urgently need money to build dog houses on another land. Please help by donating as much as you can afford. The dogs all have come from the street or have been rescued from bad situation. We are totally reliant on help from kind people. Love Animal House has helped animals for 22 years already—we want to continue for just as long. Donate for good cause!
บรูโน่ เป็นสุนัขตัวหนึ่งในหลายๆตัวที่อยู่กับชมรมบ้านรักสัตว์ บรูโน่เคยเดินตามถนนเพื่อขอเศษอาหารจากร้านอาหารแถวเจเจ มาร์เก็ตทุกคืนและได้ถูกเราช่วยนำมาดูแลเลี้ยงดู บรูโน่เป็นมะเร็งในเลือดจากการที่ถูกยุงกัดและต้องได้รับการรักษาเป็นพิเศษอย่างต่อเนื่องซึ่งทางชมรมได้จ่ายค่ารักษาไปแล้วกว่า 6000 บาทเพื่อช่วยให้บรูโน่อาการดีขึ้น ตอนนี้อาการของบรูโน่ดีขึ้น 70% แล้วค่ะ
Bruno is just one dog who lives amongst many at Love Animal House. He was taken from the street at JJ Market where he begged for food at restaurants every night. Bruno has blood cancer from being bitten by mosquitoes and needs special treatment which is very costly. So far we have spent over 6000baht to help him get better. His condition has improved 70%.
These dogs and many more will need new housing and fences built. As well as having to build new dog homes, we need a shelter for cats, monkeys and birds, 50 animals in all. They will be moved to the land where we already have buffalo and dogs. Donations are much needed and very welcome.
Please come to visit when the new shelter is ready. We will be in a peaceful place with no neighbors around so the dogs can bark for joy all they like when people come to see them.
Donations can be made to: Love Animal House - Bangkok Bank Thapae branch Chiang Mai
a/c no: 251-4-84022-8
or by Paypal - animalfund@gmail.com
or by going to our website http://www.animal-sanctuary.chiangmai-chiangrai.com/
look for the DONATE button.
รักสัตว์ คาเฟ่
ได้เปิดบริการอาหารกลางวันมาเป็นเวลา 2 เดือนแล้ว แต่ที่เจเจ มาร์เก็ตอาจจะไม่ใช่สถานที่เหมาะสมเพราะไม่มีลูกค้าและเงียบมากในเวลากลางวัน เราจึงตัดสินใจที่จะย้ายไปอยู่ที่สถานที่ที่มีบรรยากาศธรรมชาติเพื่อให้เข้ากับจุดประสงค์ของชมรมบ้านรักสัตว์ และแทนที่จะแค่มีรูปสัตว์ต่างๆบนจานอาหาร เราจะมีพวกเค้าอยู่ในสวนเพื่อให้ท่านได้สัมผัสกับสัตว์ที่น่ารักต่างๆด้วยตัวเอง
ติดตามความก้าวหน้าของเราได้ที่ บล็อก
www.1siang-pua-sat.com
และชม วีดีโอ Rak Sat Café ที่เราทำขึ้นเกี่ยวกับจุดประสงค์ของรักสัตว์ คาเฟ่ ได้ใน YouTube
http://youtu.be/JIG5MlkMk-4
เปลี่ยนกรรมของตัวเรา โดยการร่วมมือร่วมใจกันทำให้โลกดีขึ้นและน่าอยู่สำหรับทุกๆคน
ขอให้ทุกๆท่านมีแต่ความสุขเสมอ
http://www.animal-sanctuary.chiangmai-chiangrai.com/
RAK SAT Café’
Has been open for lunch for 2 months but we have no customers in JJ market area so we are moving to more suitable location which has nature and ambience to suit our purpose. Instead of having animals on the plate we will have them in the garden! You can keep updated with our activities by going to our blog: www.1siang-pua-sat.com
You can watch VDO we made about Rak Sat Café’ purpose on YouTube.
http://youtu.be/JIG5MlkMk-4
If you want to change your karma join our cause to make a better world for everyone to live in.
BE HAPPY ALWAYS!
Monday, May 23, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
Love Animal House - Rak Sat Cafe'
จัดตั้งขึ้นเพื่อให้คนชอบทานเนื้อทุกคนได้มีโอกาสที่จะทำบุญ เพื่อช่วยกำจัดความเจ็บปวดของสัตว์ เช่น วัว ควาย หมู ห่าน เป็ด ไก่ กบ หรือแม้กระทั่งสุนัข ซึ่งถูกพรากชีวิตไปอย่างโหดเหี้ยมรายวัน ร้องครวญครางด้วยความเจ็บปวดก่อนเสียชีวิตลง และเพื่อเติมเต็มความต้องการของมนุษย์ในเรื่องของการบริโภคเนื้อสัตว์นั่นเอง
รักสัตว์ คาเฟ่ ถือเป็นโอกาสของท่านที่จะได้ทานอาหารที่ท่านคุ้นเคยโดยปราศจากส่วนผสมที่มาจากความเจ็บปวด และทรมานของสัตว์ มันคืออาหารที่ปราศจากกรรม ไม่เพียงแต่เป็นประโยชน์ต่อร่างกาย แต่ยังอร่อย และดีต่อสุขภาพร่างกายของท่านจริงๆ ซึ่งเนื้อสัตว์เป็นสาเหตุหลักก่อให้เกิดโรคที่เรารู้จักกันดีทุกวันนี้ เช่น โรคเส้นเลือดหัวใจตีบ และโรคกล้ามเนื้อหัวใจ โรคไต ไซนัส อาการแพ้ต่างๆ โรคเบาหวาน และอื่นๆ รวมถึงโรคที่เกี่ยวกับจิตวิญญาณ เช่น อาการอ่อนล้า และซึมเศร้า ท้ายที่สุดแล้ว สิ่งที่ท่านกำลังบริโภคอยู่นั้นคือ ”ความตาย” นั่นเอง
มนุษย์เรามีฟันของสัตว์กินพืช มีไว้สำหรับการบดเคี้ยว ไม่ใช่สำหรับการฉีกอย่างเช่นฟันของสัตว์กินเนื้อ การเปลี่ยนมาเป็นสัตว์กินเนื้อ (เมื่อประมาณ 45,000 ปีที่ผ่านมา) ถือเป็นจุดเริ่มต้นความตกต่ำของมนุษยชาติ และทำให้เราออกห่างจากการเป็นผู้สร้างสรรค์โลก นี่คือเหตุผลที่ว่าทำไมดาวดวงนี้ถึงถูกทำลายลงอย่างรวดเร็ว
และเป็นสาเหตุให้เกิดภาวะภูมิอากาศเปลี่ยนแปลงอย่างรวดเร็วซึ่งจะทำลายโลกของเราในอนาคตอันใกล้นี้
สัตว์กินเนื้อมีลำไส้ที่สั้นสำหรับการย่อยสลายเนื้อ ทำให้อาหารเคลื่อนที่ผ่านลำไส้ไปอย่างรวดเร็ว ดังนั้นจึงไม่จำเป็นต้องมีระบบการขับสิ่งที่มีพิษออกจากร่างกาย แต่มนุษย์เรามีลำไส้ที่ยาวกว่า ซึ่งเป็นจุดที่เนื้อเข้าไปหมักหมมรวมกัน และก่อให้เกิดสภาพที่เป็นพิษขึ้น ซึ่งเป็นจุดเริ่มต้นที่ก่อให้เกิดโรคต่างๆ มนุษย์เราควรที่จะบริโภคผัก ผลไม้ และธัญพืช ซึ่งจะเคลื่อนที่ช้ากว่าผ่านไปตามลำไส้ ทั้งนี้เพื่อที่ร่างกายจะได้ดูดซับเหล็ก วิตามิน และแร่ธาตุต่างๆที่เป็นประโยชน์ต่อร่างกายโดยรวม
ไม่จำเป็นต้องอธิยายให้มากความเกี่ยวกับประโยชน์ที่ร่างกายเราจะได้รับจากการเป็นมังสวิรัติ เพราะข้อมูลเหล่านั้นมีอยู่เกลื่อนทั่วอินเตอร์เน็ต และเป็นที่ทราบกันดีในหมู่แพทย์ชั้นแนวหน้าของโลกทุกวันนี้ อุตสาหกรรมเนื้อเป็นฝ่ายที่กีดกันคุณจากข้อมูลเหล่านี้เพราะว่าพวกเขาเหล่านั้นต้องการให้ท่านซื้อสินค้าของเขาต่อไป และแพทย์ที่ไร้จรรยาบรรณที่ต้องการให้ท่านป่วยเพื่อที่จะได้เงินจากการรักษา
เราต้องการให้ท่านตระหนักว่าท่านกำลังจะสร้างคุณค่าของชีวิตใหม่ที่ดีกว่าเดิมด้วยตัวท่านเอง ที่รักสัตว์ คาเฟ่ เป็นสถานที่ซึ่งท่านจะได้มีโอกาสก้าวไปข้างหน้า ก้าวไปสู่สามัญสำนึกที่สูงกว่า และสุขภาพที่ดีขึ้น ถือเป็นโอกาสของท่านในการทำสิ่งที่ดีเพื่อตัวท่านเองและโลกใบนี้ รวมถึงได้ดื่มด่ำสำผัสกับอาหารที่ปราศจากเนื้อ โดยที่สัตว์ไม่ต้องสังเวยชีวิตตัวมันเองเพื่อจะได้ตอบสนองความอยากอาหารของท่าน
รักสัตว์คาเฟ่
โดยชมรมบ้านรักสัตว์
สะสมบุญมากขึ้นทุกคำที่ท่านกิน
เลิกการเบียดเบียนชีวิตสัตว์ ทานอาหารมังสวิรัติ
เพื่อ
สุขภาพที่ดีของท่าน จิตใจสงบสุข
ปรับปรุงพลังงานในตัวท่านแบบวันต่อวัน
ท่านจะได้เติมพลังงานด้วยพลังแห่งชีวิต
ท่านจะมีแต่ความปลื้มปิติ
ได้ค้นหาความสุขใจแบบใหม่ในชีวิตของท่าน
และยกระดับจิตวิญญาณของท่านให้สูงขึ้น
“ท่านต้องเปิดใจยอมรับความแตกต่างในศาสนา
เชื้อชาติ ชาติพันธุ์ และสายพันธุ์
เพราะความจริงโดยเนื้อแท้แล้ว
เราคือ..หนึ่งเดียวกัน..”
Love Animal House has set up Rak Sat Cafe'
so that every meat eater who enjoys their food may have a chance to Thum Boon (make merit) – to help eliminate the suffering of meat animals such as cows, buffaloes, pigs, geese, ducks, chickens, frogs even dogs who are brutally killed on a daily basis and die screaming in pain so that humans may fulfill their desire for their meat.
รักสัตว์คาเฟ่ โดยชมรมบ้านรักสัตว์
Human beings have the teeth of an herbivore, meant for grinding – not tearing like the teeth of a carnivore. Turning carnivore (about 45,000 years ago) was what caused the downfall of mankind and removed us from the light source of creation. It is the reason the planet is rapidly being destroyed today and the cause of drastic climate changes which will destroy our earth in the near future.
Carnivores have short intestines for the decaying meat to be quickly passed through so it doesn’t cause detoxification of the system. Humans have long intestines wherein the meat gets stuck and causes toxic conditions which are the beginning of every disease in the body. Humans should eat vegetables, fruits & grains which get passed slowly through our long intestines in order to absorb iron, vitamins and minerals which benefit overall health.
There is no need for us to go into any further details as to the benefits upon the body of being vegetarian as such information is available readily all over the internet and known to all the advanced doctors in the world today. The meat industry is who is keeping you away from this information because they want you to continue to buy their products and unholistic doctors who want you to get sick so they have an income.
ไม่จำเป็นต้องอธิยายให้มากความเกี่ยวกับประโยชน์ที่ร่างกายเราจะได้รับจากการเป็นมังสวิรัติ เพราะข้อมูลเหล่านั้นมีอยู่เกลื่อนทั่วอินเตอร์เน็ต และเป็นที่ทราบกันดีในหมู่แพทย์ชั้นแนวหน้าของโลกทุกวันนี้ อุตสาหกรรมเนื้อเป็นฝ่ายที่กีดกันคุณจากข้อมูลเหล่านี้เพราะว่าพวกเขาเหล่านั้นต้องการให้ท่านซื้อสินค้าของเขาต่อไป และแพทย์ที่ไร้จรรยาบรรณที่ต้องการให้ท่านป่วยเพื่อที่จะได้เงินจากการรักษา
The point here is to make you realize that you’re starting to create a new and better meaning life for yourself begins at Rak Sak Café where you have a chance to go step by step towards a higher consciousness and a healthier life. It is your chance to do something good for yourself and the planet as well as enjoy a meal without an animal having sacrificed its life so that you may satisfy your appetite.
รักสัตว์คาเฟ่ โดยชมรมบ้านรักสัตว์
จัดตั้งขึ้นเพื่อให้คนชอบทานเนื้อทุกคนได้มีโอกาสที่จะทำบุญ เพื่อช่วยกำจัดความเจ็บปวดของสัตว์ เช่น วัว ควาย หมู ห่าน เป็ด ไก่ กบ หรือแม้กระทั่งสุนัข ซึ่งถูกพรากชีวิตไปอย่างโหดเหี้ยมรายวัน ร้องครวญครางด้วยความเจ็บปวดก่อนเสียชีวิตลง และเพื่อเติมเต็มความต้องการของมนุษย์ในเรื่องของการบริโภคเนื้อสัตว์นั่นเอง
Rak Sat Café is your chance to eat food that you are used to without the ingredients of suffering mixed into the recipe. It is Karma-free food which is not only wholesome and delicious but it’s actually better for your health that meat which causes most of the diseases known to man today such as coronary heart disease, kidney + sinus problems, allergies obesity etc., as well as diseases of the spirit such as fatigue & depression. After all you are eating death!
รักสัตว์ คาเฟ่ ถือเป็นโอกาสของท่านที่จะได้ทานอาหารที่ท่านคุ้นเคยโดยปราศจากส่วนผสมที่มาจากความเจ็บปวด และทรมานของสัตว์ มันคืออาหารที่ปราศจากกรรม ไม่เพียงแต่เป็นประโยชน์ต่อร่างกาย แต่ยังอร่อย และดีต่อสุขภาพร่างกายของท่านจริงๆ ซึ่งเนื้อสัตว์เป็นสาเหตุหลักก่อให้เกิดโรคที่เรารู้จักกันดีทุกวันนี้ เช่น โรคเส้นเลือดหัวใจตีบ และโรคกล้ามเนื้อหัวใจ โรคไต ไซนัส อาการแพ้ต่างๆ โรคเบาหวาน และอื่นๆ รวมถึงโรคที่เกี่ยวกับจิตวิญญาณ เช่น อาการอ่อนล้า และซึมเศร้า ท้ายที่สุดแล้ว สิ่งที่ท่านกำลังบริโภคอยู่นั้นคือ ”ความตาย” นั่นเอง
มนุษย์เรามีฟันของสัตว์กินพืช มีไว้สำหรับการบดเคี้ยว ไม่ใช่สำหรับการฉีกอย่างเช่นฟันของสัตว์กินเนื้อ การเปลี่ยนมาเป็นสัตว์กินเนื้อ (เมื่อประมาณ 45,000 ปีที่ผ่านมา) ถือเป็นจุดเริ่มต้นความตกต่ำของมนุษยชาติ และทำให้เราออกห่างจากการเป็นผู้สร้างสรรค์โลก นี่คือเหตุผลที่ว่าทำไมดาวดวงนี้ถึงถูกทำลายลงอย่างรวดเร็ว และเป็นสาเหตุให้เกิดภาวะภูมิอากาศเปลี่ยนแปลงอย่างรวดเร็วซึ่งจะทำลายโลกของเราในอนาคตอันใกล้นี้
Carnivores have short intestines for the decaying meat to be quickly passed through so it doesn’t cause detoxification of the system. Humans have long intestines wherein the meat gets stuck and causes toxic conditions which are the beginning of every disease in the body. Humans should eat vegetables, fruits & grains which get passed slowly through our long intestines in order to absorb iron, vitamins and minerals which benefit overall health.
สัตว์กินเนื้อมีลำไส้ที่สั้นสำหรับการย่อยสลายเนื้อ ทำให้อาหารเคลื่อนที่ผ่านลำไส้ไปอย่างรวดเร็ว ดังนั้นจึงไม่จำเป็นต้องมีระบบการขับสิ่งที่มีพิษออกจากร่างกาย แต่มนุษย์เรามีลำไส้ที่ยาวกว่า ซึ่งเป็นจุดที่เนื้อเข้าไปหมักหมมรวมกัน และก่อให้เกิดสภาพที่เป็นพิษขึ้น ซึ่งเป็นจุดเริ่มต้นที่ก่อให้เกิดโรคต่างๆ มนุษย์เราควรที่จะบริโภคผัก ผลไม้ และธัญพืช ซึ่งจะเคลื่อนที่ช้ากว่าผ่านไปตามลำไส้ ทั้งนี้เพื่อที่ร่างกายจะได้ดูดซับเหล็ก วิตามิน และแร่ธาตุต่างๆที่เป็นประโยชน์ต่อร่างกายโดยรวม
There is no need for us to go into any further details as to the benefits upon the body of being vegetarian as such information is available readily all over the internet and known to all the advanced doctors in the world today. The meat industry is who is keeping you away from this information because they want you to continue to buy their products and unholistic doctors who want you to get sick so they have an income.
ไม่จำเป็นต้องอธิยายให้มากความเกี่ยวกับประโยชน์ที่ร่างกายเราจะได้รับจากการเป็นมังสวิรัติ เพราะข้อมูลเหล่านั้นมีอยู่เกลื่อนทั่วอินเตอร์เน็ต และเป็นที่ทราบกันดีในหมู่แพทย์ชั้นแนวหน้าของโลกทุกวันนี้ อุตสาหกรรมเนื้อเป็นฝ่ายที่กีดกันคุณจากข้อมูลเหล่านี้เพราะว่าพวกเขาเหล่านั้นต้องการให้ท่านซื้อสินค้าของเขาต่อไป และแพทย์ที่ไร้จรรยาบรรณที่ต้องการให้ท่านป่วยเพื่อที่จะได้เงินจากการรักษา
The point here is to make you realize that you’re starting to create a new and better meaning life for yourself begins at Rak Sak Café where you have a chance to go step by step towards a higher consciousness and a healthier life. It is your chance to do something good for yourself and the planet as well as enjoy a meal without an animal having sacrificed its life so that you may satisfy your appetite.
เราต้องการให้ท่านตระหนักว่าท่านกำลังจะสร้างคุณค่าของชีวิตใหม่ที่ดีกว่าเดิมด้วยตัวท่านเอง ที่รักสัตว์ คาเฟ่ เป็นสถานที่ซึ่งท่านจะได้มีโอกาสก้าวไปข้างหน้า ก้าวไปสู่สามัญสำนึกที่สูงกว่า และสุขภาพที่ดีขึ้น ถือเป็นโอกาสของท่านในการทำสิ่งที่ดีเพื่อตัวท่านเองและโลกใบนี้ รวมถึงได้ดื่มด่ำสำผัสกับอาหารที่ปราศจากเนื้อ โดยที่สัตว์ไม่ต้องสังเวยชีวิตตัวมันเองเพื่อจะได้ตอบสนองความอยากอาหารของท่าน
You will be collecting merit points for every bite you take
– For your health of the body –
– For your health of the body –
The mind will be peaceful and your soul or divine-nature will be furnished with light.
Come back for more and your energy will improve day by day
as you recharge your batteries with life force.
You will be blessed with Joy and find new contentment in your life!
สะสมบุญมากขึ้นทุกคำที่ท่านกิน
เลิกการเบียดเบียนชีวิตสัตว์ ทานอาหารมังสวิรัติ
เพื่อ
สุขภาพที่ดีของท่าน จิตใจสงบสุข
ปรับปรุงพลังงานในตัวท่านแบบวันต่อวัน
ท่านจะได้เติมพลังงานด้วยพลังแห่งชีวิต
ท่านจะมีแต่ความปลื้มปิติ
ได้ค้นหาความสุขใจแบบใหม่ในชีวิตของท่าน
และยกระดับจิตวิญญาณของท่านให้สูงขึ้น
“You must love beyond the difference
of all religions, all nations, all races, and all species.
You are originally ONE.”
“ท่านต้องเปิดใจยอมรับความแตกต่างในศาสนา
เชื้อชาติ ชาติพันธุ์ และสายพันธุ์
เพราะความจริงโดยเนื้อแท้แล้ว
เราคือ..หนึ่งเดียวกัน..”
Rak Sat Cafe', JJ good taste market, Asadathorn Rd., Chiang Mai, Thailand
Saturday, May 14, 2011
LOVE ANIMAL HOUSE - RAK SAT CAFE' vegetarian food opens in Chiang Mai
Love Animal House has set up Rak Sat Café
so that every meat eater who enjoys their food may have a chance to Tham Boon (make merit) – to help eliminate the suffering of meat animals such as cows, buffaloes, pigs, geese, ducks, chickens, frogs even dogs who are brutally killed on a daily basis and die screaming in pain so that carnivores may fulfill their desire for meat.
We are 100% meat free restaurant but menu is geared towards meat eaters appetite and taste,
however true vegetarians are also catered for. We serve wholesome delicious fresh food.
The menu is being developed and added to daily.
Rak Sat Café is the carnivore's chance to eat food that they are used to without the ingredients of suffering mixed into the recipe. It is Karma-free food which is actually better for your health that meat which causes most of the diseases known to man today such as coronary heart disease, kidney + sinus problems, allergies obesity etc., as well as diseases of the spirit such as fatigue & depression. After all you are eating death!
Human Beings have the teeth of an herbivore, meant for grinding – not tearing like the teeth of a carnivore. Turning carnivore (about 45,000 years ago) was what caused the downfall of mankind and removed us from the light source of creation. Meat eating is the reason the planet is rapidly being destroyed today and the cause of drastic climate changes which will drastically reshape Earth in the near future. It is imperative that we change our lifestyles if mankind is to survive.
Not only is meat eating causing harm to Mother Earth's body but to our own as well. Our environment is a mirror image of ourselves. Carnivores have short intestines for the decaying meat to be quickly passed through so it doesn’t cause detoxification of the system. Humans have long intestines wherein the meat gets stuck and causes toxic conditions which are the beginning of every disease in the body. Humans should eat vegetables, fruits & grains which get passed slowly through our long intestines in order to absorb iron, vitamins & minerals which benefit overall health.
There is no need for us to go into any further details as to the benefits upon the body of being vegetarian as such information is available readily all over the internet and known to all the advanced doctors in the world today. The meat industry is who is keeping you away from this information because they want you to continue to buy their products and unholistic doctors who want you to get sick so they have an income.
The point here is to make you realize that you can start to create a new and better meaning life for yourself by converting your habits away from meat. It doesn't have to be a sacrifice as you'll see if you try our tasty food at Rak Sat Cafe'. Our menu allows you to have a chance to go step by step towards higher consciousness and a healthier life. It is your chance to do something good for yourself and the planet as well as enjoy a meal without an animal having sacrificed its life so that you may satisfy your desires.
You will be collecting merit points for every bite you take
– For the health of your body –
Your mind will be peaceful and your soul & divine-nature will be furnished with light.
Come back for more and your energy will improve day by day as you recharge your batteries with life force.
You will be blessed with Joy and find new contentment in your life!
“We must love beyond the difference of all religions, all nations, all races, and all species.
We are originally ONE with the Divine Life Force (Creation).”
Our Chef is waiting to serve you!
Rak Sat Café’ Happy Veggie Corner, JJ good taste market, Asadathorn Rd., Chiang Mai, Thailand
so that every meat eater who enjoys their food may have a chance to Tham Boon (make merit) – to help eliminate the suffering of meat animals such as cows, buffaloes, pigs, geese, ducks, chickens, frogs even dogs who are brutally killed on a daily basis and die screaming in pain so that carnivores may fulfill their desire for meat.
We are 100% meat free restaurant but menu is geared towards meat eaters appetite and taste,
however true vegetarians are also catered for. We serve wholesome delicious fresh food.
The menu is being developed and added to daily.
Rak Sat Café is the carnivore's chance to eat food that they are used to without the ingredients of suffering mixed into the recipe. It is Karma-free food which is actually better for your health that meat which causes most of the diseases known to man today such as coronary heart disease, kidney + sinus problems, allergies obesity etc., as well as diseases of the spirit such as fatigue & depression. After all you are eating death!
Human Beings have the teeth of an herbivore, meant for grinding – not tearing like the teeth of a carnivore. Turning carnivore (about 45,000 years ago) was what caused the downfall of mankind and removed us from the light source of creation. Meat eating is the reason the planet is rapidly being destroyed today and the cause of drastic climate changes which will drastically reshape Earth in the near future. It is imperative that we change our lifestyles if mankind is to survive.
Not only is meat eating causing harm to Mother Earth's body but to our own as well. Our environment is a mirror image of ourselves. Carnivores have short intestines for the decaying meat to be quickly passed through so it doesn’t cause detoxification of the system. Humans have long intestines wherein the meat gets stuck and causes toxic conditions which are the beginning of every disease in the body. Humans should eat vegetables, fruits & grains which get passed slowly through our long intestines in order to absorb iron, vitamins & minerals which benefit overall health.
There is no need for us to go into any further details as to the benefits upon the body of being vegetarian as such information is available readily all over the internet and known to all the advanced doctors in the world today. The meat industry is who is keeping you away from this information because they want you to continue to buy their products and unholistic doctors who want you to get sick so they have an income.
The point here is to make you realize that you can start to create a new and better meaning life for yourself by converting your habits away from meat. It doesn't have to be a sacrifice as you'll see if you try our tasty food at Rak Sat Cafe'. Our menu allows you to have a chance to go step by step towards higher consciousness and a healthier life. It is your chance to do something good for yourself and the planet as well as enjoy a meal without an animal having sacrificed its life so that you may satisfy your desires.
You will be collecting merit points for every bite you take
– For the health of your body –
Your mind will be peaceful and your soul & divine-nature will be furnished with light.
Come back for more and your energy will improve day by day as you recharge your batteries with life force.
You will be blessed with Joy and find new contentment in your life!
“We must love beyond the difference of all religions, all nations, all races, and all species.
We are originally ONE with the Divine Life Force (Creation).”
Our Chef is waiting to serve you!
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Take Care of Our National Parks
Man v/s wilderness
published by Bangkok Post 7 April 2011
Songkran Tourists Take Note!
Tourism can cause adverse consequences when visitors do not respect the rules of law and nature
• Published: 7/04/2011 at 12:00 AM
• Newspaper section: Life
It is common to see people throw their garbage or leftovers from their car while driving up to the World Heritage Site of Khao Yai National Park. Such acts of carelessness may seem trivial, but littering can do serious harm to wildlife and ecology.
Many elephants have lost their navigation skills and walk along the road in Khao Yai National Park. Some have been hit by cars, which in turn, has injured drivers.
Many people have no idea why they have to look after national parks and wild animals. They may not know the park is a watershed that gives birth to many rivers, not to mention purifying the air they breathe. Wild animals are important too for spreading and spawning flowers, fruits and trees. Forests and animals are not just natural ornaments; they are important workers in ecological food webs.
If you want to feed wild animals when visit a national park, think again! Your compassion could cause a deadly impact on wildlife and the local ecosystem.
But since when can an act of mercy be wrong?
Big bikes and cars cause noise that interrupts nature and seriously affects animals.
Despite there being ubiquitous banners pleading with visitors not to feed wild animals, it has become fashionable for visitors to feed monkey, deer and other wildlife inside Khao Yai National Park. Many feed them real foods or fruits. But some are careless enough to throw leftovers, often with plastic containers and bags.
"Giving food to wildlife is equivalent to sentencing them to death," said Pattarapol Manee-on, veterinarian of the park.
Animals and humans eat differently, he continued. Animals can consume only certain types of human food. When fed the wrong ones, they will develop digestive problems.
Young people from Bai Mai and Rak Khao Yai groups ask tourists not to give food to wild animals which is prohibited by law.
"Some kinds of food cause many symptoms such as diarrhea, flatulence and in some cases, food poisoning," he said, adding that feeding wildlife is linked to many potential public health hazards and changes in behavior.
Many visitors think wild animals lack food and it is their moral duty to help. "Wild animals have their own diets. If no one destroys the food chain in the forest, animals have enough food to eat," he said, adding that leftovers can cause disease and digestive obstructions, especially when animals swallow plastic and other wrappings.
"Sometimes it has been too late when we have found sick animals," he said about the rising death of wild animals from eating food containers.
Young people help a young monkey that was hit by a speeding car as it waited for food near a road.
Littering is one of the major problems. Each year, more than 200,000kg of garbage is left by some 750,000 tourists visiting Khao Yai National Park. Last year, the amount of garbage reached 295,930kg.
Garbage and feeding wild animals has serious health effect beyond imagination.
Veterinarian Pattrapol explained that contagious diseases are carried by micro organisms and transmitted through humans, animals, food and air.
Communicable diseases from wild animals could be transmitted from animals to humans through parasites, bacteria and viruses. Likewise, humans can also transmit their germs to animals.
An autopsy of a dead monkey at a zoo in Lop Buri province showed the monkey ate leftover food and was infected by a herpes virus from humans.
"In humans, herpes viruses are not deadly, but once they are transmitted to animals, they become fatal," he said.
Giving food to wild animals causes many adverse consequences such as infection, digestive problems and behavior changes in animals.
Besides, those who like giving food to wild animals could get infected from animals as well. Moreover, they are at risk of being attacked by wild animals, he said. "Even though they may look or act tame, they are wild animals."
Problems in Khao Yai National Park now go beyond littering and feeding. The degradation of forest and behavioral changes in wild animals have been recognized by many people.
Pharmacist Supaporn Pitiporn of Chaophya Abhaibhubejhr Hospital in Prachin Buri is among them. She has observed ecological change while trekking in Khao Yai forest to explore herbs, wild plants and animals.
"There are changes in food chains and webs in the park. Certain animals such as deer come close to humans while predators such as tigers have disappeared," she said, adding that feeding causes wildlife to lose their natural ability to find their own food in the forest and fear of humans. Behaviors of deer have also changed. They have started to scavenge for food at garbage points. Meanwhile, the population of Asian wild dogs is rising. This is a threat to warthogs with a number being killed by dogs in July last year.
When deer mate, hormones are released from their necks. Normally, this causes no harm, but deer are now becoming infected by insects from garbage and leftover food.
Monkeys no longer forage for food in the forest. They simply wait near the road to be fed by tourists, and many have been hit by cars. In return, some drivers have also been injured.
In many camping grounds such as Kluay Mai Cliff, monkeys have become aggressive and snatch food or anything from the hands of visitors. Sometimes, these ferocious simians also hurt the visitors.
"Some monkeys have become unwelcome guests at guesthouses searching for food there instead of the forest," said pharmacist Supaporn.
Other wild animals have been affected from ecological changes too. For example, elephants have gotten lost when forests have become degraded. Many elephants are hit by cars or cannot find food as vast forest tracts have dwindled due to roads and other man-made constructions.
Sometimes, trivial and seemingly non-harmful tourist activities such as wildlife watching as well as noises from vehicles can do serious harm. Noise affects wild animals _ with some adopting negative behaviors such as neglecting their young. It can lead to the loss of navigation skills in birds.
Some animals eat visitors’ leftover food, in many cases with plastic containers.
Because of feeding, littering and noise problems, Khao Yai National Park and concerned agencies will launch the four "No" Campaign for tourists:
- No to littering. Tourists should take their garbage with them
- No to wild animal feeding
- No to high-speed driving
- No to noise making
Theerapat Prayurasiddhi, deputy director of the National Park Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, said each year, his department has to handle more 4,500 violations. He admitted there is not enough manpower to look after 33% of the national parks nationwide. Thus he emphasized education and public participation. "There are more than 1,000 kinds of wild animals that are being hunted each year, we need to seek more alliances in looking after our national parks," he said, adding that he welcomes projects that boost public awareness on forest and national park protection.
Buranasak Rueksamruaj, director of Tourism Authority of Thailand's Nakhon Nayok office, said he supports the campaign and will inform tour leaders who bring guests to the park. "Tourists should be aware of the value of the forest, and should give their hand to the campaign by taking their garbage and not feeding animals. We must make them aware that the forest has enough food for them," he said.
As World Heritage Sites are involved, engaging public groups is also very crucial. The Rak Khao Yai Group has been working for 18 years with the Pitak Khao Yai Foundation to organize youth camps to remember the deaths of elephants in Khao Yai and raise awareness among young people of forest conservation. It also conducts many follow-up projects for participants and students from schools around Khao Yai National Park, covering four provinces.
"We want to make young people aware of what they gain from the national park and what they can contribute to protect their national forest and their sources of food, herbs and water," said Krieng Ritcharoen, chairperson of the group.
Krieng will involve many other civic groups in campaign activities. "We will campaign during Songkran for all visitors to the National Park," he said, adding that Khao Yai belongs to everybody.
"It's everyone's duty and responsibility to look after this national forest."
published by Bangkok Post 7 April 2011
Songkran Tourists Take Note!
Tourism can cause adverse consequences when visitors do not respect the rules of law and nature
• Published: 7/04/2011 at 12:00 AM
• Newspaper section: Life
It is common to see people throw their garbage or leftovers from their car while driving up to the World Heritage Site of Khao Yai National Park. Such acts of carelessness may seem trivial, but littering can do serious harm to wildlife and ecology.
Many people have no idea why they have to look after national parks and wild animals. They may not know the park is a watershed that gives birth to many rivers, not to mention purifying the air they breathe. Wild animals are important too for spreading and spawning flowers, fruits and trees. Forests and animals are not just natural ornaments; they are important workers in ecological food webs.
If you want to feed wild animals when visit a national park, think again! Your compassion could cause a deadly impact on wildlife and the local ecosystem.
But since when can an act of mercy be wrong?
Big bikes and cars cause noise that interrupts nature and seriously affects animals.
Despite there being ubiquitous banners pleading with visitors not to feed wild animals, it has become fashionable for visitors to feed monkey, deer and other wildlife inside Khao Yai National Park. Many feed them real foods or fruits. But some are careless enough to throw leftovers, often with plastic containers and bags.
"Giving food to wildlife is equivalent to sentencing them to death," said Pattarapol Manee-on, veterinarian of the park.
Animals and humans eat differently, he continued. Animals can consume only certain types of human food. When fed the wrong ones, they will develop digestive problems.
Young people from Bai Mai and Rak Khao Yai groups ask tourists not to give food to wild animals which is prohibited by law.
"Some kinds of food cause many symptoms such as diarrhea, flatulence and in some cases, food poisoning," he said, adding that feeding wildlife is linked to many potential public health hazards and changes in behavior.
Many visitors think wild animals lack food and it is their moral duty to help. "Wild animals have their own diets. If no one destroys the food chain in the forest, animals have enough food to eat," he said, adding that leftovers can cause disease and digestive obstructions, especially when animals swallow plastic and other wrappings.
"Sometimes it has been too late when we have found sick animals," he said about the rising death of wild animals from eating food containers.
Young people help a young monkey that was hit by a speeding car as it waited for food near a road.
Littering is one of the major problems. Each year, more than 200,000kg of garbage is left by some 750,000 tourists visiting Khao Yai National Park. Last year, the amount of garbage reached 295,930kg.
Garbage and feeding wild animals has serious health effect beyond imagination.
Veterinarian Pattrapol explained that contagious diseases are carried by micro organisms and transmitted through humans, animals, food and air.
Communicable diseases from wild animals could be transmitted from animals to humans through parasites, bacteria and viruses. Likewise, humans can also transmit their germs to animals.
An autopsy of a dead monkey at a zoo in Lop Buri province showed the monkey ate leftover food and was infected by a herpes virus from humans.
"In humans, herpes viruses are not deadly, but once they are transmitted to animals, they become fatal," he said.
Giving food to wild animals causes many adverse consequences such as infection, digestive problems and behavior changes in animals.
Besides, those who like giving food to wild animals could get infected from animals as well. Moreover, they are at risk of being attacked by wild animals, he said. "Even though they may look or act tame, they are wild animals."
Problems in Khao Yai National Park now go beyond littering and feeding. The degradation of forest and behavioral changes in wild animals have been recognized by many people.
Pharmacist Supaporn Pitiporn of Chaophya Abhaibhubejhr Hospital in Prachin Buri is among them. She has observed ecological change while trekking in Khao Yai forest to explore herbs, wild plants and animals.
"There are changes in food chains and webs in the park. Certain animals such as deer come close to humans while predators such as tigers have disappeared," she said, adding that feeding causes wildlife to lose their natural ability to find their own food in the forest and fear of humans. Behaviors of deer have also changed. They have started to scavenge for food at garbage points. Meanwhile, the population of Asian wild dogs is rising. This is a threat to warthogs with a number being killed by dogs in July last year.
When deer mate, hormones are released from their necks. Normally, this causes no harm, but deer are now becoming infected by insects from garbage and leftover food.
Monkeys no longer forage for food in the forest. They simply wait near the road to be fed by tourists, and many have been hit by cars. In return, some drivers have also been injured.
In many camping grounds such as Kluay Mai Cliff, monkeys have become aggressive and snatch food or anything from the hands of visitors. Sometimes, these ferocious simians also hurt the visitors.
"Some monkeys have become unwelcome guests at guesthouses searching for food there instead of the forest," said pharmacist Supaporn.
Other wild animals have been affected from ecological changes too. For example, elephants have gotten lost when forests have become degraded. Many elephants are hit by cars or cannot find food as vast forest tracts have dwindled due to roads and other man-made constructions.
Sometimes, trivial and seemingly non-harmful tourist activities such as wildlife watching as well as noises from vehicles can do serious harm. Noise affects wild animals _ with some adopting negative behaviors such as neglecting their young. It can lead to the loss of navigation skills in birds.
Some animals eat visitors’ leftover food, in many cases with plastic containers.
Because of feeding, littering and noise problems, Khao Yai National Park and concerned agencies will launch the four "No" Campaign for tourists:
- No to littering. Tourists should take their garbage with them
- No to wild animal feeding
- No to high-speed driving
- No to noise making
Theerapat Prayurasiddhi, deputy director of the National Park Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, said each year, his department has to handle more 4,500 violations. He admitted there is not enough manpower to look after 33% of the national parks nationwide. Thus he emphasized education and public participation. "There are more than 1,000 kinds of wild animals that are being hunted each year, we need to seek more alliances in looking after our national parks," he said, adding that he welcomes projects that boost public awareness on forest and national park protection.
Buranasak Rueksamruaj, director of Tourism Authority of Thailand's Nakhon Nayok office, said he supports the campaign and will inform tour leaders who bring guests to the park. "Tourists should be aware of the value of the forest, and should give their hand to the campaign by taking their garbage and not feeding animals. We must make them aware that the forest has enough food for them," he said.
As World Heritage Sites are involved, engaging public groups is also very crucial. The Rak Khao Yai Group has been working for 18 years with the Pitak Khao Yai Foundation to organize youth camps to remember the deaths of elephants in Khao Yai and raise awareness among young people of forest conservation. It also conducts many follow-up projects for participants and students from schools around Khao Yai National Park, covering four provinces.
"We want to make young people aware of what they gain from the national park and what they can contribute to protect their national forest and their sources of food, herbs and water," said Krieng Ritcharoen, chairperson of the group.
Krieng will involve many other civic groups in campaign activities. "We will campaign during Songkran for all visitors to the National Park," he said, adding that Khao Yai belongs to everybody.
"It's everyone's duty and responsibility to look after this national forest."
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