Dharma Voices for Animals

Dharma Voices for Animals (DVA) gives voice to those who cannot speak for themselves - animals who are farmed, eaten, experimented on and otherwise abused.

DVA is a nonprofit organization, with chapters located throughout the world. It is committed both to practicing the teachings of the Buddha (the Dharma) and to speaking out especially on abuse of animals in our day to day lives.

"We want to articulate the suffering of the animals and provide advocacy for non - human living beings who cannot verbally ask the basic moral question, 'Why are you paying people to do this to me?' or 'Why are you causally contributing to my suffering?'

We want to add our voices to those who are willing to speak out about the harm humans cause to other sentient beings when we eat them, use their body parts as clothing and in other ways, or use household and personal hygiene products that are tested on animals", sayis DVA in a statement addressing that while DVA recognizes the challenges of living in a complex, modern society, they wish to promote the choices that contribute to the greatest reduction of animal suffering. Stating that DVA's aim to be inclusive in respecting the different views of those who sincerely intend to minimize the suffering of animals, it wishes to engage collaboratively and constructively with as many individual Buddhists, institutions and organizations as possible to advocate that they adopt compassionate policies and to encourage them to work towards putting a stop to any practices that condone or promote cruelty to animals.

DVA members are an ever-growing number of people world-wide who support efforts to raise awareness of the suffering of animals in society. With this in mind, the DVA aims to open a chapter in Sri Lanka and those interested in joining and attending the inaugural session scheduled to be held sometime in July 2015, in Colombo are invited to contact Ms. LakmaliUdugampola (email: [email protected]) on or before 14 June 2015.

Please see web: http://dharmavoicesforanimals.org/ and Web - http://dharmavoicesforanimals.org/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dharma-Voices-for-Animals for further information on DVA.