Caution on releasing animals into the wild

• MiddleWay87

  6 Feb 11, 16:37

  http://www.wildsingapore.com/places/release.htm

  Releasing Animals: Good or Bad?
  
  In Singapore, many people release animals. Here are some facts about this practice.
  
  Many pet shop animals cannot survive in the wild. They no longer have the ability and instinct to find food and shelter, or to run away from predators.
  
  Many animals can only survive in special habitats, such as the rainforest, desert or mangrove swamp. Releasing an animal into the wrong habitata will cause it to suffer and then die.
  
  If we release a foreign animal, it may not survive in our country and climate. For example, a land tortoise from India can only survive well in a seasonal climate.
  
  If we release an anmal from a foreign country, it may compete with our local wild animals for food, shelter, nesting areas and living space. These foreign animals may also eat the babies of local animals.
  
  Can we tell if an animal is sick or healthy? If a sick animal is released, it may infect wild animals which have no immunity against certain diseases.
  
  Infect animals may transmit diseases to humans.
  
  When everyone releases animals, the combined quantity will upset the natural balance. The areas of release will not be able to cope with the sudden increase of animals.
  
  We can stop these cruel situations
  
  Do not buy birds and other wild animals for releasing. Do not patronise these shops.
  
  Do not be directly responsible for the capture of wild animals to continue.
  
  Please do not release these animals:
  
  Red-eared terrapin and Chinese soft shell turtle. These turtles can grow large and are more aggressive. They will cause the decrease of Singapore's own rare turtles.
  
  Birds bought from bird shops. Most of the birds that are bought from bird shops get sick when they are captured and imprisoned in a crowded, unhygenic cage.
  
  Aquarium fish. Most of these fishes are forced to share crowded tanks in the fish shop. Diseases spread easily in such poor conditions.
  
  American bullfog. This aggressive, large frog eats up our smaller native frogs.
  
  Pet animals. It is extremely unkind to abandon your pet.
  
  The Law
  
  In Singapore, it is against the law to release any animal into our public parks, reservoirs, nature reserves and many other places.
  
  It is also against the law to catch wild animals. When we buy a wild animal from a shop, we are therefore involved in a crime.
  
  Wise actions
  
  Do your part to truly show compassion for animals
  
  Rescue and care for animals when needed. It can be a baby bird which has dropped out of its nest or a turtle found in the middle of a road; an injured animal or fishes trapped in a drying pond.
  
  Encourage others not to buy wild animals to keep as pets, for consuption or to release.
  
  Encourage pet owners to love and give proper care to their pet animals, and not to abandon them.
  
  Volunteer your help to organisations that care for animals.
  
  Make others aware about the importance of conserving nature and protecting our environment.
  
  Join an animal welfare group to help protect and improve conditions for all animals.
  
  Join a green group to protect our nature areas. These are homes to countless animals.
  
  Life is cheap: Demand=Supply
  
  When we buy animals to release, we are encouraging the shop-owner to catch even more animals from the wild to sell.
  
  For example, thousands of grass birds are captured from the wild for people to buy for release. Bird and pet shops sell these 'cheap' birds at a price of $1.50 or $2.
  
  Many of these birds die when they are caught, and during the journey to the shops.
  
  Since these are 'cheap' birds, they are treated like dirt. Crowded into dirty cages and standing in their own excrement, they are not given any proper care, food and fresh water.

   

  http://www.nparks.gov.sg/cms/index.php?option=com_news&task=view&id=150&Itemid=50

  Ms Sharon Chan, Assistant Director at NParks, explains, "Most people do not realise that releasing animals means sending them to their deaths. One recent incident I encountered was the release of a few soft-shell terrapins. They were not equipped to survive in the wild, and died on that very day. Should these animals harbour viruses, they will contaminate the water and affect other native wildlife. We want to appeal to everyone to refrain from releasing your pets or animals into the wild."

   

• MiddleWay87

  6 Feb 11, 16:43

  Adding on to the above..

  Ms Angie Monksfield, President of Buddhist Fellowship, further clarifies the link between Buddhism and kindness towards animals, "Being kind to animals is one of the core practices in Buddhism. However, freeing animals into the wild, especially those that have been bred in captivity, is not necessarily a kind act as these animals would be easy prey for predators. In some cases, they end up disrupting the ecosystem, thus affecting native animals in their habitat and in turn being cruel to the existing animals in the wild. Buying trapped animals to free them will also encourage the trade, causing more animals to be trapped. Instead, kindness towards animals can be achieved by reducing or eradicating the consumption of all kinds of meat, adopting and caring for animals from shelters, helping injured animals and preserving their natural habitats."

  http://www.nparks.gov.sg/cms/index.php?option=com_news&task=view&id=150&Itemid=50

• sinweiy

  6 Feb 11, 16:46

  we may tried to save those in the wet market that are going to be eaten on the dinner table. since they are going to die anyway, saving them give them chance to survive.

   

• Wiser

  6 Feb 11, 17:06

  Originally posted by sinweiy:

  we may tried to save those in the wet market that are going to be eaten on the dinner table. since they are going to die anyway, saving them give them chance to survive.

   

  
  We went to Kelong and bought those fishes meant for dinner table and released them back into the open sea.  They will breed more and the population of fishes will increase.  This will ensure an never ending eco-chain of food for humans.

  It's also a scenic short trip to the open sea which helps in relaxation and calming one's mind.

  Sparrows that are released back to the trees can survive very well in Singapore's flora environment. Parrots too.  Most birds have no difficulty surviving in their natural wild environment.

   

   

• Wiser

  6 Feb 11, 17:11

  I think animal liberation is a matter of common sense. Ask the shop sellers whether the animals you buy can survive on its own when released. The shop sellers are very honest, they will inform you yes or no.

  Another matter is whether you have benefitted from this act of animal liberation. Referring to health and your wishes of health recovery for a particular person. There are people who have their wishes came true and they will continue with the act of animal liberation.

  Thirdly, birds/fishes can also died in their natural environment and in shops/kelong. Death is inevitable even for those well taken care of in their caged condition. It is not just death only in the wild.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

• MiddleWay87

  6 Feb 11, 17:19

  Yeap, I also feel that its good to release animals that have just been caught from sea, provided the place we release them are suitable for their survival, they are able to find food, wont upset the ecosystem, no diseases etc.

  However abt the wet market, i think its hard to ascertain where exactly the fishes/sea animals were caught, unless we saw it ourselves. As mentioned above, there can be negative consequences on the ecosystem if we release them into the wrong habitats.

  I think this point is particularly good:

  'When we buy animals to release, we are encouraging the shop-owner to catch even more animals from the wild to sell. For example, thousands of grass birds are captured from the wild for people to release. Bird and pet shops sell these 'cheap' birds at a price of $1.50 or $2.'

  If we buy, are we encouraging them to continue catching

• sinweiy

  6 Feb 11, 19:02

  think don't tell the owner that we are releasing them better.

  for me i being a vegetarian is already a form of releasing animal. :)

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• the Bear

  6 Feb 11, 19:07

  look.. you people who think releasing animals into the wild is good, please PLEASE PLEASE do a bit of scientific thinking first yah?

  some idiot bought some big head carp and released the bloody things into the rivers in the US... and triggered an ecological disaster there...

  it was an Asian idiot.. he was Buddhist, i think.. he was doing the 放生 thing... only, the carp ate everything in the river, causing extinction of local species, and the people can't control the thing.. the river is now barren except for the overwhelming amounts of big head carp...

  so.. if you got to do something for your karma or whatever, please find a local species to release into the local areas...

  and not like the idiots who released foreign species like peacock bass, cichlids, terrapins, alligator gar and other monsters which have already decimated the local habitat here in Singapore..

• An Eternal Now

  6 Feb 11, 19:34

  Due to many complications, my master encourage 护身 rather than 放身

  Means stop killing, prevent them from being killed (e.g. by being vegetarian, etc)

  If one wants to 放身, have to do research first, make sure one does not do more harm than good

• Jiexi2007

  6 Feb 11, 20:30

  I feel that the practice of buying animals to release into wild needs to rethink. It's not just indirectly encouraging the trade, but also the wisdom we are lacking in understanding the animals and the environment. There are so many other ways or actions we can do to protect the animals and the environment. It would be good if there is a proper communication channel between the buddhist and the nature circle, if we are to show compassion towards all sentient beings, and not just humans. 

• bohiruci

  6 Feb 11, 21:15

  Release the animals into the wild must be done wisely

   

  Have anyone reflected on "releasing the inner mind of attachment towards sentient beings"

  有没有放过心中的众生？

  towards people and animals and incident not bear grudges and hatred ?

  that i say is a true Buddhist who practised ,realised and show it

• Wiser

  6 Feb 11, 23:33

  Kelong owners breed fishes through the "seed" fishes (little fishes) and they rear them in the seawater. 

  When buddhist groups go and buy many kgs of these fishes, the kelong owners profit the most and they can then continue to buy more "seed" fishes to rear.  General population will benefit from the steady supply of fishes for the wet market and when the fishes are released into their natural habitat (sea), they improve the eco-system.

  Buddhists who go on a trip out to the sea benefit in more than one way. They get to relax in the wide open seaviews, they get to see for themselves how hard a kelong life is and they do charity in liberation and helping the kelong owners.

   

   

   

• Amitayus48

  7 Feb 11, 09:13

  verfishing occurs when fishing activities reduce fish stocks below an acceptable level. This can occur in any body of water from a pond to the oceans.

  Ultimately overfishing can lead to resource depletion in cases of subsidised fishing, low biological growth rates and critical low biomass levels (e.g. by critical depensation growth properties). For example, overfishing of sharks has led to the upset of entire marine ecosystems. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overfishing
  

  # More than 3.5 billion people depend on the ocean for their primary source of food. In 20 years, this number could double to 7 billion.
  # Populations of commercially attractive large fish, such as tuna, cod, swordfish and marlin have declined by as much as 90 per cent in the past century.

  # Each year, illegal longline fishing, which involves lines up to 80 miles long, with thousands of baited hooks, kills over 300,000 seabirds, including 100,000 albatrosses.  http://savethesea.org/STS%20ocean_facts.htm

  Fishing Has Decline Due to Lack of Fish at The Ocean
  http://bizcovering.com/business/fishing-has-decline-due-to-lack-of-fish-at-the-ocean/#ixzz1DENcLbL9

  Fish decline has ecological impact in tropical river University of Wyoming
  http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0814-fish.html

  大智度论云：‘诸余罪中，æ�€ä¸šæœ€é‡�，诸功德中，放生第一。’
  

  如果你想造功德，放生的功德最大。因为众生最�惜的是自己的生命，你救了它，它最感激，�德积得最深�

   

  如果你想造罪业，�生的罪业最大。因为众生最�贵的还是自己的生命，你�了它，它最��，怨仇结得最深�
  
  

  �七世大�法王：针对《放生议题》给予的开示
  
  我们说护生也好，放生也好，它的方法是�常多的，并�是�局�于说�有这�方法，其他就没有了，�是这样的。所以说，如果是从多方�的�护生��放生的 �，这样�的�，我们的障�是会比较少的。所以，就谈到说放生，很多人的想法是��的，有正�也有负�的，有人认为正��讲，�以利益很多的众生；但也有 人觉得其实这样�而�害了众生。这是什么��呢？举例�说，正�被宰�的一个动物，我们现在救了它，放了它，这个动物在今天�被�了是护生，照护了它，但 是�能是间接的害了下一个动物，因为那个动物�能是�迟一点��被�的，但因为这个先被救了，所以它就�被���了，所以有的人会这样�的去�维这件事 情，所以也会觉得说好象它还是没有办法完全的，就是很多时候没有办法两全其美。所以你也没有办法说完全的利益。但利益当下还是会有一些�能伤害到�部分的 众生。但是无论怎么说我（法王）认为最好的护生是什么呢？就是�素。原因是什么呢？因为我们说��有人�肉的时候，就会有众生被宰�的，就是生命会被伤害 的。所以现在这个情况�讲护生也好，放生也好，最好的方法我（法王）认为是�素。
  
  Namo Amitabah
  

• sinweiy

  7 Feb 11, 09:37

  Originally posted by bohiruci:

  Have anyone reflected on "releasing the inner mind of attachment towards sentient beings"

  有没有放过心中的众生？

  
  ah...another person i heard on inner sentient beings is lated Ven Shen Kai (AEN's master).

  I vow to liberate all Inner beings, without number. 内眾生無邊誓願度.

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• TWE

  7 Feb 11, 12:39

    Well actually i ever saw my friend releasing baby terrapins , eels and other don't know what fish into the river in thailand ... with the propellar of the boat still spinning furiously . We tried to inform her that she must at least wait for the propellar to stop fully before doing that although she already had release 2 packet of it . But she just say " won't one lar , they will just swim direct down into the water " .

     And i admit i also ever buy and release a packet of frogs from petshop meant for fishes into grasslands and some near a monsoon drain . And also while in thailand at the 4 face buddha temple there , i bought a cage of sparrows to release them at the temple . But i have since stopped such practises after reading about the threats it can pose to local wildlife .

     I think we buddhist should just promote going vegetarian and cut down on the propaganda of releasing animals . The best is to educate all buddhist about the problems of releasing animals into the wild without much thinking . As i know some buddhist tend to do " certain " practises " blindly " just because it is encouraged in the teachings .

• sinweiy

  9 Feb 11, 17:18

  omg, just heard radio and in the "night" paper, that one person is so ignorance that he/she go and bought fresh water fishes and went to the sea to release them. of coz all turn upside down. release become killing animal æ�€ç”Ÿ. ……

• Wiser

  9 Feb 11, 19:44

  Obviously an very ignorant person who may not even know the meaning of liberation of animals.

  How old was this person ? 10 years old ?

• wisdomeye

  9 Feb 11, 19:50

  放生是ä¸�是间接促æˆ�放死？ 
  以护生和素食代替放生，是ä¸�是更好的办法呢？ 
  曾在第48期《ç�‰ç’ƒå�Šã€‹å�—访的放生活动策划人——è�§å¸ˆå…„， 
  以自己主办放生活动八年的ç»�验，é…�å�ˆå®žåœ°è€ƒå¯Ÿã€�询问有关å�•ä½�， 
  为我们厘清放生误区，让大家对放生有更进一步的了解与认知。

  问：放生活动的规律化�日逾增加，促�了�一��相的商机，也就是说有需求必有供应，�师兄赞�这个说法�？

  答：我�赞�这个说法。我本身�海产的放生，从这方��谈，我们必须先了解其中的供应与需求。根�有关当局的资料显示，国人�年消费9万8000�的海鲜，而放生一年充其��有40至50�之间。而我也曾�到马�西亚龟咯养殖场�实地考察，那里有七�多个鱼排，�个鱼排的海产总值超过百万新元，七�个鱼排就一共需�七�多万新元，我们连一个鱼排也买�起，当然我们��能是他们主�的供应对象，他们主�是供应给�饮业的。

  因此，若说商家饲养鱼儿是因为我们�放生，这个说法是�能�立的。我们是以现有的钱，买现有的鱼，救急时的命，对方肯�是因为需�现钱周转，他并�在�我们买鱼的用途。更何况一�雌鱼�次产�高达几百万颗，产�是��能控制的。

  问：我们知é�“ä¸�是所有的鱼儿都适å�ˆåœ¨æµ·ä¸Šæ”¾ç”Ÿï¼Œæ‰€ä»¥ä¸�æ�°å½“的放生地点是ä¸�是间接促æˆ�“放死”？å�¦ä¸€æ–¹é�¢ï¼Œä¼šä¸�会有人等待æ�•æ�‰ä½ ä»¬æ”¾ç”Ÿçš„鱼儿？

  答：放生鱼儿时，必须�了解适�它们的水性地点，比如鳖是放在淡水的，金目���以放在很咸的海水，螃蟹必须放在沼泽的红树林，这些都是很��的基本知识。我们放鱼的海域�近公海，是轮船的��，根�航海�例，那个地方是�能撒网的，�船也��以在那里�泊，就好�你�能把车�在马路中间的��是一样的。

  如果放错地点，隔天那些鱼一定会浮在海�上，而且是集体的，�是一两�而已。我们�次放几��鱼，如果都死了，我看我们会因污染环境而被招去问�了。我本身就去过海岸�队总部询问有关放生是�是�法的活动，有关��也表示赞�。

  �一方�，�设鱼儿跟�潮水漂�到岸边时被钓走，这是它的因缘，业因果报���议，我们也无能为力。我们��能为了几�鱼，而�救几��鱼。

  问：放生一定�举行放生仪��？

  答：是的，一切众生都有二命，一者业报身命，二者法身慧命，如果没有诵�念佛，所放物类将�是被救身命，继续�其业力支�，直到�到佛法为止。相�的，物类能在诵�念佛当中，�下金刚��，得佛力加�，脱离畜生�，他日有缘�闻佛法，��本有本觉，是救其法身慧命。

  放生仪�尽�简�，���物类被困太久而��生命，必�时先把物类放走，然�继续念�，佛法圆满周�，它还是会得到佛力加�的。就如《无�寿�》云：世尊能演一音声，有情���类解。

  问：�素食者�以放生�？

  答：当然�以。其实目��难频频，人心�好，循业�现，而放生是其中一个��善心，改�心�的一项�常有力的活动。在我这里�与放生的大众，将近一�都�是全素食者。其中有些在未�与�，由于自己��而产生了一些心�障�，我就对他们说，现在最��的是先行放生，�以��慈悲的力�，培养自己对这些物类作怜悯救度想。��地，或许你�以从佛说的三净肉，��闻�������为我�开始学习，多�少肉，逢�一��五�素，�慢慢调整你的饮食习惯。这�仅是培养慈悲的力�，对你自己的�康也是很有帮助的。

  放生的确�以帮助你�为素食者，但是并�你��为素食者��放生，�则�你就会错失了这个净化心�的良机了。

  问：如果我想放生，临时有事�能出席怎么办?

  答：当你�心��加放生活动的时候，你的�念就�出了一个讯�，给众生一个希望，如果你�能�加，��缘善款，以�给了众生希望，最�让众生失望。

  问：若以护生和素食代替放生，你如何看待？

  答：素食是戒�，放生是救命；护生为本，放生为末。今天你茹素，一天戒�三�鱼，而�放生，并�代表你救走了�将被��的鱼儿。相�的，你若放生�但戒�，而且还救了鱼儿的命，这�是圆满的护生。我鼓励佛弟��但�素食，也�放生，因为这是一体两�，���代的。

  问：放生对我们有何利益？

  答：这些年�，看到��的实例，让我体会到放生的确能够改善我们的命�，能够逢凶化�，能够让我们更进一步了解�义，以�实俗谛体现真谛，��修行的境界。这��利益让我们活更圆满充实，更有�义，���上更进一步�

  在此，我写下这首��与大家共勉之：

  一切众生本�根，放生��放我身，一念慈悲本�真，化此刹那为永�。

  阿弥陀佛�

  http://www.goldenpagoda.org.sg/fawanmanbu/3_ShenRuJinChang/Vol51-30/FangShenFeiFangSi.php

• wisdomeye

  10 Feb 11, 19:35

  放生行为之几���

   

  一�预约放生

   

  　　与�鱼者直接或间接�明确或暗示将�买生放生，使�者闻讯��，�背施无�的基本定义。如此�令这些众生本几日�死，如今因预约�者数����等，使其�早被�，虽��为放生，然而其中势必有�堪折磨而早夭的众生，由于其��死亡出于你的预约，使自己的善举�于形�了。

   

  二��观察地点�水质

   

  　　如果被放之众生，能放其为适于它生长的环境，则对其有�大好处。�之，若�顾放而�观察所放的地点，则对其害处多多。如将野兔置于众人处，飞鸟放于易�地，鱼儿放入被化工原料污染的确无法生存的河�水域等。

   

  三��放养鱼池

   

  　　严�将鱼�水生动物放入养鱼池，以养鱼池为�鱼�生之��处，将众生放入其内，乃间接�生也。

   

  四��得区分大�贵*

   

  　　一味追求数�，而对�部分众生远离慈心。如�两盆鱼，心想若放这盆躯体�的众生，则价钱和数��比放那盆躯体大的�算。或�维买一大堆田螺的钱，还�够买一�甲鱼的金�。因而弃大�贵，择�选*。这样一�，势必会造�未被解救生命的众生怨�与嗔怒。孰�知躯体越大，价格越昂贵的众生，你放了它，功德也越大。所以放生时��带�选择和预备买何��的心去买生，应当��什么，就买什么。

   

  五�万勿因噎废食

   

  　　有人因�到自己或他人辛苦所放之众生，有被���抓的�险，便以为这�放生毫无�义，且造就�抓者的�因。其实�便仅仅能延长众生一个秒钟的生命，此众生也�一秒�死，�求一秒�亡。故究放生者功德而言，施其一瞬间无�与放其数年无�，功德正等无异。于被放者言，彼虽短暂获生，�于生时心若甘饴，且由于其�就了放生者��心的功德，故放生者之功德利益，所被放之众生亦有，使彼终获善�。而且，从悲心的角度�说，�便知其在放��有被�之险，或�其伤弱而�顾，心怀哪怕使其一瞬安�也�解救之心，此�人慈悲更为强甚，�为诸佛赞�，有此�心者，无论所救众生是�有�报活下�，以彼悲心的利益，放与被放者�有大利益。故�万勿抱�放�抓�算放生或买时选择强�活力者放的错误�想了。

   

  六��善回�

   

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  　　对于有的地区已形�此局�者，虽无法挽回，但应亡羊补牢，注�宣传给新的放生者这个��，至少使这�局���在最�范围��。但万万��因为觉得造�此局��好，便�去放生，退失信心，使更多众生�于他人的�腹。总之，放生�比�放功德殊胜。

   

  八�倘使工作失误，勿轻易自咎

   

  　　释放与解救他人的生命，永远没有过失。许多放者因为工具�因缘����利因素，使所购众生�能全数尽活，便于亡者自愧有罪�感。实际众生从生到死，皆�制于因果，�如你尽力�了，它还是于放�死亡，实属因缘所使。彼既便如此，亦�比被人刀刃烹煮者幸之万�，�说畜生之苦，�但苦于死时之剧痛，死�之剖解�烹食�乃至被消化�，其痛苦的知觉方无。故这对于被放者而言，使其少苦而终，且��死�之剧烈痛苦，�具备��贡献。况且你把放生的功德回�给他们，对其今�，�具备积�深远的�义。故而应知放生因悲心之故，无过失而言

• Wiser

  10 Feb 11, 20:36

  i like the above article very much.  It explains the more intricate meanings for liberation of animals.

  I hope the writer can add in one more point. That the buddhists help these animals to take refuge in Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, planting a valuable seed in them for their next life to meet the teachings of Buddhism. They didn't need to suffer before they become food on the dinner table and on top of that, they have this blessing.

   

• Asromanista2001

  10 Feb 11, 22:03

  Originally posted by Wiser:

  
  We went to Kelong and bought those fishes meant for dinner table and released them back into the open sea.  They will breed more and the population of fishes will increase.  This will ensure an never ending eco-chain of food for humans.

  It's also a scenic short trip to the open sea which helps in relaxation and calming one's mind.

  Sparrows that are released back to the trees can survive very well in Singapore's flora environment. Parrots too.  Most birds have no difficulty surviving in their natural wild environment.

   

   

   

  but these fishes released back into the sea will eat many more smaller fishes or plankton.................more lives will be lost.......................LOL

• Asromanista2001

  10 Feb 11, 22:05

  Originally posted by sinweiy:

  we may tried to save those in the wet market that are going to be eaten on the dinner table. since they are going to die anyway, saving them give them chance to survive.

   

   

  but if those at the wet market are saved....................others will have to take their place....................LOL

• sinweiy

  11 Feb 11, 09:09

  Originally posted by Asromanista2001:

   

  but these fishes released back into the sea will eat many more smaller fishes or plankton.................more lives will be lost.......................LOL

  
  sometimes however,  they Are the smaller fishes.

  i like when one mentioned that fishes in the sea are depleting..then we should help pump/breed more in to improve the eco system, but Wisely of coz.

   

  World’s oceans could be completely depleted of fish in 40 years: UN

  http://www.fisheries.org/blog/worlds-oceans-could-be-completely-depleted-of-fish-in-40-years-un/

   

  Depleted fish stocks require recovery efforts

  http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2005/100095/index.html

   

  物�必�

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• sinweiy

  11 Feb 11, 09:29

  Originally posted by Asromanista2001:

   

  but if those at the wet market are saved....................others will have to take their place....................LOL

  
  it's like saying the society got those person doing bad things, and society don't do anything to help them as there will aways be bad people to take their place.

  my idea is if we help one, consider one saved. 救一个算一个. help according to one's ability. that's the merit. not saying we must help all at once, as it's not possible, as like u said, others will take their place.

  i was taught to sui yuan�缘 help, like when u walk pass the wet market, u saw the poor animal caged, a compassion grow in u, u simply bought them and release them out of compassion. �缘.

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