I finally realized that I am wasting my time. But let me share with you a Chinese proverb before I go: “A man’s conversation is the mirror of his thoughts.” We have the Amharic and Oromiffa equivalent to it but I will leave that part for you since you claim to be the man on the ground.

selamta

Good luck with your next project(cause)

maferia hula!

I know rural Ethiopia better than Addis and can walk you through each and every facility that few courageous people are establishing in the midest of small towns and villages. To me, Addis Abeba stinks.

I am wondering why you persistently glue animal abuse and poverty together. Awareness of human abuse could be achieved without compromising the livelyhood of people and without any input from the anti-ethiopian government. We have witnessed this back in the days. My other provocative argument is that poor people make mistakes as we all do.

I do not also understand why you continously narrow the avenue of discussion and make it personal? If you are interested to know more about me I will happily let you know.

Here are the problems I have with your position: You think that every problem is caused by the Government and we can not do anything without uprooting it first. You also think that anybody who hints about the positive developments in Ethiopia is Woyane or far from the reality. I disagree.

Have a great day

yenantew wuro negn.

Abuse and use are two diammetrically opposite words. Nobody is against the use of animals. Did Gandhi ride an animal? I know that Jesus entered jerusalem on a donkey. I also know that Gandhi once said “you can judge a nation by the way they treat their women and their animals.”

Thank you for the piece of personal advice. I was, however, saddened to learn that you belittle the capacity of your nation. For your information, there’s always been animal clinic in many parts of Ethiopia that provide free medicines and vaccines. Also, The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, in Debre Zeit recruits highly qualified medical doctors and provides sanctuaries for abused animals. Last but not least, we have the Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology that was named after Ethiopian scientist Prof. Aklilu Lemma. He is not only survived by his children, but also by the Livelihood Award he received after dicovering Endod that led to the development of anti-schistosome vaccines. This would not have been possible without the use of animal models. Today, numerous organizations are mushrooming around the field of animal welfare, such as; Homless Animals Protection Society, Amsale Gessesse Memorial Foundation, Society of Animal Welfare, The Donkey Sanctuary, Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad, etc.

Selam lante Yihun

wuro

Without occurrences like this:

Human rights report 2008:

“c. Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Although the constitution and law prohibit the use of torture and mistreatment, there were numerous credible reports that security officials tortured, beat, or mistreated detainees. Opposition political party leaders reported frequent and systematic abuse and intimidation of their supporters by police and regional militias, particularly in the months leading up to the local and by-elections held during the year (see section 3). In Makelawi, the central police investigation headquarters in Addis Ababa, police investigators reportedly commonly used physical abuse to extract confessions.”

Today people’s focus is more on the prevention of human rights abuses. Pal talks, news, current events topics are mostly on urgent human rights abuse preventions. I hope after the urgent human rights issues, the good people will address animal rights by bringing to front traditional laws.

But why is everybody uncomfortable with the notion of fighting all wrongs at the same time as far as there are self-initiated volunteers like Ayda who want to invest their time in issues that we often neglect? What is wrong if we spread our resources and tackle social injustices in tandum with environmental and energy issues, animal abuses, etc? Why do we incline to forcefully squeeze everybody into our way of thinking? In his freedom movement, Gandhi was not only pursuing civil disobedience, but also building self-sufficient communities and revitalizing traditional technologies simultaneously. He well understood that freedom fight is not political alone. That is why he once said “Be the change you want to see in the world.”

Similarly, there are a zillion of Ethiopian environmentalists, ecologists, medical doctors, social anthropologists, veterinarians, engineers and geologists scattered around the countryside chipping in to the development of the country. What they are doing may not directly relate to the political movement and poverty prevention that this forum understandably preaches, but they are preparing and multiplying the pillars of sustainable growth. What is wrong if these people weigh doing less in the explicit fight against Zenawi? We should never forget that two decades of “[i]hulum neger wode tor ginbar[/i]” has caused an irreversible depletion and out-migration of the once rich Ethiopian wildlife. That happened because the issue of environment and animals was at the bottom of the pryramid of priorities of the regime. I am afraid we have not still liberated ourselves from the old belief that percieves the relationship between humans and animals as a one way road. Let’s stop that kind of nonsense and prevent the habitat destruction by at least encouraging Ayda.

As far as I am concerned, I do not think she is planning to plant PETCO in Addis Ababa, nor does she attempt to establish PETA in Ethiopia. She is just asking everybody to be aware of the beating and abusing of animals and do the least possible to reverse the course. Cheers

People in the West are rich enough to take care of animals. These Westerners care less about Ethiopian human abuse and suffering rather than animals. I wonder if they save their lives first before animals if they go through the same human suffering created by Western and TPLF and Weyane.

አሁን እስቲ የሚወራ ችግር ጠፍቶ ነው?

“በጉ” አለ ተራኪው “በጉ የፊት እግሮቹ ወደ ላይ ተነስቶ ከሰውየው እኩል እንዲሄድ ተገደደ” እናትዬ ስንት ስው የሞተብን አለን እሺ? አሁን በዚህ እንድናዝን ነው? ነው ወይስ ቀልድ ነው?