[Reader-list] 30, 000 mongoose hair brushes were for artists here and abroad

[indersalim]

Dear All,
 A sad news, but killing nature for art is an age old practice. But
there is hardly any indication of people's attitude going against such
a practice.  Ecology is an orphan, and in such a situation, i  would
be glad if Laskar or RSS adopt it boldly, but alas. Art discourses in
art colleges dont discourage students from using these brushes, and so
called great artists use them for creating master works still.  It is
a global problem. and to get rid of this ugliness hidden behind great
master works, perhaps  we need to change the ways of understanding-
what Art is all about.

May be some indifference to this problem leads our great artists  to
collect most expensive cars at the end of the successful carrier , and
even dream a museum for their collection of Cars alongwith their
painted canvasses with mongoose hair brushes. Yes, i am talking about
MF Hussain 's latest shopping of 7.4 crore Bugatti Car which he thinks
is a great sculpture.

warmly
inder salim

here is the link

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Delhi/30000_mongoose_hair_brushes_seized_2_held/articleshow/4057990.cms

NEW DELHI: The northeast district police, in collaboration with People
for Animals (PFA), confiscated a large consignment of art brushes made
out
of mongoose hair on Saturday at a factory in the Bhajanpura area. The
police also arrested two people in the case.

According to Saurabh Gupta, wildlife officer from PFA, more than
30,000 brushes were confiscated each costing around Rs 3,000. They
were a part of a consignment to be sent by road from Delhi to Mumbai.
"Making these brushes requires absolute cruelty to animals. A mongoose
is put in water boiling at a temperature of 100 degree Celsius and
after it dies, it is further boiled in it for a few hours. Then, with
a specialised machine, its skin and hair is removed and used for these
brushes. Only 1-5 gram hair is recovered from one mongoose which makes
it over a lakh mongoose slaughtered for this consignment alone,'' he
said.

He added that these brushes are made in Bijnor district's Sherkot area
in Uttar Pradesh and are sold worldwide. "We had specific information
about this consignment and informed the police about it," said Gupta.
A senior police official confirmed this and said that two people were
arrested red-handed while they were loading the consignment onto a
truck. "The arrested accused are Pradip and Gama. The owner of the
factory, Gulshan Jain, is absconding and a hunt for him is on. His
factories in other parts of the city have also been earlier raided and
similar cases are registered against him.'' A case under the Wildlife
Protection Act has been registered and further investigations in the
matter are on.


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