Ostrich is animal, Pakistan

[sanddy]

Ostrich is animal, conclude legislators in Pakistan

Islamabad, July 20, 2012, IANS: A Pakistani provincial assembly "in its (in)finite wisdom" has declared that an ostrich is not a bird but an animal, said a leading daily. An editorial in the Dawn Friday asked:
"When is an ostrich not a bird?"
"Apparently, when you add Pakistani
legislators into the mix. On
Wednesday, in its (in)finite wisdom,
the Punjab Assembly once again declared by a majority vote that an
ostrich was not a bird but an animal, at
least for the purposes of officialdom." It came up because of the re-tabling of
the Punjab Animal Slaughter Control
(Amendment) Bill 2012. The daily said that the Punjab
government's aim seems to be to
facilitate the import, farming and
slaughter of ostriches for their meat. "As a non-native exotic bird, ostriches
were treated under the law - until the
latest amendment was passed - in a
way that limited their use for
commercial purposes. Of course,
rather than update the laws that would allow ostrich farming to be
regulated and ostrich meat to be
consumed, the Punjab Assembly saw
fit to declare ostriches as animals and
skip the more cumbersome
approach," it said. The editorial asked "...at whose behest
was this done and what are the risks
involved for consumers?" "Special interests lobbying for the
change in rules are surely hoping to
earn windfall profits and it has yet to
be explained what loss the state
exchequer may suffer from this," it
added.

 

[xyxmt]

words are defined by human, we define what is a bird and what isnt, if we can call whale a mammal then whats so wrong in calling ostrich an animal.

 

[Icarus]

No way you're making me eat ostrich meat, animal or no animal!

 

[MM_Haider]

Well if they can declare OBL as Shaheed, the Haqqanis, Gul Baradar & Mullah Nazir as strategic assets, and the Drones as their Qaumi-Parinda, they can very well declare the Ostrich as an animal and have it for Bed n Breakfast too.

what a bull cr@p you posted just to troll.. you should be nominated for troll of the year award..

 

[MM_Haider]

The absolute mindfuckery of Punjab Assembly

Earlier today, my faith is restored in the absolute mindfuckery of a premier legislative institution called Punjab Assembly. The Punjab law minister Rana Sanaullah decided to go all Charles Darwin on its electorate and presented a bill which declares that an ostrich is no longer a bird but an animal. More mind boggling is the fact that Punjab assembly decided to play God and passed the bill declaring all the ostriches in Punjab to be animals. Now that the ostriches have been declared animals, I am wondering how Rana Sanaullah will coax them into giving birth to tiny little baby ostriches instead of laying eggs like they used to when they were birds. If they continue to lay eggs, would the ostriches be breaking the law by acting like birds when they are declared animals by legislation? Would they be persecuted for breaking the law? Would that crime be punishable by law? Would Azad Adliya take a stand on upholding the law or would it bow down to animal rights activists? I am assuming ostriches in other provinces of the country will remain birds and would be allowed to act as birds which will probably generate some kind of identity crisis and inferiority complex among the ostriches living under the rule of Rana Sanaullah.

I have a feeling that Rana Sanaullah must have had some ostrich meat delicacy during his several trips abroad. He sensed that a market can be created for it so have decided to farm the animal in Pakistan. Tragedy was that as long as they remain the bird, ostriches were protected by the section- 14 of the Punjab Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Act, 1974. Now that Rana Sb has amended the law – against the advisement of the governor and opposition members – to suit his business interests, the only thing that can save the Ostriches in Punjab from the slaughterhouses, is cross province migration.

A Reluctant Mind: The absolute mindfuckery of Punjab Assembly

 

[scrumpy]

This sort of declarations are very common in the legal world. Its usually for taxation purposes.
An example is the Tomato.
FACT: in the US a tomato is legally a vegetable for tax reasons
or Pringles.
BBC NEWS | Business | Pringles 'are not potato crisps'

 

[Icarus]

Which of the above is not true ? That Gul Baradar is in a PakMil safehouse even though he's a sworn enemy of Afghan interests in having a stable Afghanistan by sheltering foreign jihadi terrorists ? Or Imran Nazir for that matter ? Heck, even the drones fly at will at the best of an understanding between the PA and the CIA to such an extent that they are seen more than even the national birds (whatever the heck they may be) in Waziristan. So, which of them are factually incorrect ?

1) It's called custody dumb ***.
2) Your argument is a mighty brain fart.


So I report your post again!

 

[Vibs]

*Facepalm*...seriously!

 

[Icewolf]

It's just to legalize eating ostrich meat.

 

[Cherokee]

It's just to legalize eating ostrich meat.

Eating Bird meat is not allowed in Pakistan ??

If cow and monkey can be declared gods and fly in the air then Yes ostrich can be an animal too.

Yeah yeah Don't get me started on 72 hoories now .

 

[Vibs]

It's just to legalize eating ostrich meat.

I understand that. But isn't this taking things a bit too far . And I also cannot believe there are people justifying and supporting this. Seriously!

 

[Icewolf]

Eating Bird meat is not allowed in Pakistan ??

It's very much allowed, but Ostrich is a animal that is pretty unusual to eat... Government trying to please our tribals.

here's the difference, cows and monkeys are considered god by faith just like belief of virgins in heaven after death is a belief by faith.

Ostrich as a bird is fact. Unless you want to redefine Science as per your own constitution?

Same as how tomato is considered a vegetable not a fruit in the US. To make the US farmers and consumers life a bit better, because fruits are more expensive than vegetables. It's same story here.

 

[lightoftruth]

personal attack on ostrich

 

[OrionHunter]

The Ostrich or Common Ostrich, (Struthio camelus), is one or two species of large flightless birds native to Africa, the only living member(s) of the genus Struthio.

Ostriches share the order Struthioniformes with the kiwis, emus, and other ratites. It has the fastest land speed of any bird. The Ostrich is the largest living species of bird and lays the largest egg of any living bird.

In a nutshell, an Ostrich is a bird, not an animal and no amount of spin can change this fact. Period!

 

[Icewolf]

The Ostrich or Common Ostrich, (Struthio camelus), is one or two species of large flightless birds native to Africa, the only living member(s) of the genus Struthio.

Ostriches share the order Struthioniformes with the kiwis, emus, and other ratites. It has the fastest land speed of any bird. The Ostrich is the largest living species of bird and lays the largest egg of any living bird.

In a nutshell, an Ostrich is a bird, not an animal and no amount of spin can change this fact. Period!

Same as how Tomato is considered vegetable in the US.