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This\u00a0site supports the\u00a0noble cause of ensuring plants and animals are properly taken care of,\u00a0to increase\u00a0awareness and\u00a0to propagate the ecological rights of ANIMALS and PLANTS\u00a0to live on this planet.\u00a0We have to live symbiotically\u00a0with them and have HARMONY.\u00a0Let everyone\u00a0celebrate life with our cute animals\u00a0and plants. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
PCAP (pronounced ‘pee-cap’) is an acronym for ‘Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Plants’. PCAP was founded in 1977 by the visionary philosopher, P.R. Sarkar. From 1982, Sarkar’s discourses on Neohumanism<\/em> laid the philosophical and inspirational basis for\u00a0further promoting\u00a0PCAP.<\/p>\n PCAP is committed to preserving the well-being and safety of animals and plants. This stems from an inner feeling of compassion and love for all creatures, and a neohumanist lifestyle, to preserve our planet and all its inhabitants.<\/p>\n Vision Mission Aims and Objectives PCAP – Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Plants – is a\u00a0platform\u00a0about how we as humans\u00a0can live harmoniously in our\u00a0environment.<\/p>\n Our objectives continually evolve to meet the needs of the times, places and life forms (and all environmental formations).<\/p>\n Australia<\/strong><\/p>\n Australia was a\u00a0substantial part of Gondwana land and has a heritage collection of flora and fauna from those ancient times. So many plants and animals of Australia\u00a0are unlike others around the world and many are threatened or endangered. Some of these have gained our attention like some wallaby species, northern hairy nosed wombats and Tasmanian devils. Many go under the radar, but it would be a relatively easy task to create refuges for them.\u00a0Participating in volunteer support groups for sustaining\u00a0threatened plants and their areas\u00a0is also required\u00a0.\u00a0We should support and strengthen\u00a0networks of volunteers\u00a0who care for\u00a0animals (including\u00a0birds and fishes)\u00a0and plants (and trees)\u00a0which are threatened.<\/p>\n In a country where water is lacking we have to make the most of water opportunities.\u00a0For example, maximizing\u00a0water available in a place may\u00a0involve growing vegetation in important water areas and making these areas\u00a0and their soil a storehouse of water which can be utilized for irrigation. This is also important to the welfare of plants and animals in Australia.<\/p>\n And what about climate change?\u00a0Climate change is an issue across\u00a0the whole world.\u00a0Promotion of sustainable\u00a0living principles and\u00a0practices which relate to alleviation of climate change can have a significant impact once adopted, even if adopted by a minority. Whether in Australia or elsewhere every person has the ability to do their bit.<\/p>\n Human society has mainly gone wrong because of the self-interest of a few, who have power, but who neglect ecology.\u00a0 As P.R. Sarkar (the founder of PCAP) stated, human society has to change its vision and act with ecological integrity. So:<\/p>\n “Human beings led by self-interest have been neglecting ecology at every step. We should remember that the sky and air, the hills and mountains, the rivers and forests, the wild animals including\u00a0their reptiles, birds and fishes, and all sorts of aquatic creatures and plants, are all inseparably related to one another. Human beings are an integral part of that vast common society. No one can survive to the exclusion of others, not even human beings. If they continue to destroy forests, kill wild animals and exterminate fishes and birds foolishly, it will not serve any purpose for humans. \u2026 Human beings due to their utmost folly have annihilated numerous creatures and natural objects, and thus prepared their own funeral pyre. Such folly on the part of human beings is unbearable. Human beings must be cautious from now on. They must restructure their visions, plans and activities in accordance with the dictates of ecology. There is no alternative.” Join or visit our Facebook group – we are here:<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>As human beings realize their higher nature they assume their sacred role as stewards of the Earth to love, serve and protect all livings beings and non-living things on this planet. Any use becomes a more harmonious one, not exploitative, taking place\u00a0in a thriving world with all creatures living in prosperity, free from all forms\u00a0of cruelty. Indeed, the existential right of animals to live, as well as that of humans, and even plants,\u00a0must\u00a0be enshrined in the constitution of all nations – as well as\u00a0in a\u00a0Global Neo Magna Carta<\/em> – \u00a0and, of course,\u00a0imbibed in the hearts of all people.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Our mission is the all-round welfare of all beings under the guiding principles of Neohumanism<\/em>. This includes: to show human beings the path to higher consciousness that will lead them out of their present ills of narrowness, meanness and selfishness; and\u00a0to support and create practical models of sustainable eco-communities, along with gardens and food sources,\u00a0where humans, animals and plants live in harmony. This we can do appropriately while utilizing\u00a0the forces of nature\u00a0so that the full potential of all is developed and put into action.\u00a0To that end promoting\u00a0the socio-economic principles of decentralized economies is vital, as well as promoting balanced growth on the three levels of existence: physical, mental and spiritual.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>1. To prevent cruelty to animals, including birds and fishes.
\n2. To protect rare and declining species of animals\u00a0from extinction.
\n3. To prevent cruelty to plants, including trees; and to protect rare and declining species of plants from extinction.
\n4. To prevent deforestation and create and maintain ecological balance in relation to environments.
\n5. To create a sentiment of love for animals and plants by popularizing their usefulness to\u00a0ecosystems and their environments, including human and built environments.
\n6. To popularize the plant-based diet and thus save the lives of innocent animals.
\n7. To provide food to animals and\u00a0medical help to ailing and sick animals.
\n8. To promote forest and\u00a0agricultural\u00a0based products and industries in\u00a0sustainable ways, and\u00a0for\u00a0economic upliftment thereby removing disparities of wealth between people.
\n9. To support, construct and maintain sanctuaries, aviaries, wetlands, ponds,\u00a0 forests, gardens and pastures, for the welfare of human beings and animals and plants.
\n10. To promote and develop afforestation in order to convert dry and barren lands into fertile and cultivable ones.<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>P.R Sarkar
\n17 June 1984, Calcutta
\n‘How Cruel Human Beings Are! – Excerpt B’ (para 1)
\nin Neohumanism in\u00a0a Nutshell Part 2<\/em> [a compilation]<\/p>\n