Actress Sonnalli Seygall is a avid animal lover and vocal animal activist. Not only does she have pet dogs, but she has been going out of her way to feed the strays starving in lockdown and talk about animal rights.
After the recent Elephant incident of Kerala that shook the entire nation, Sonnalli took to her Instagram and shared a very valid point on how animal cruelty has been going on for a long time now. There have been certain isolated incidents where there is a social media outrage and action has been taken against those behind. However nothing has been done in the long term, and many animals still continue to face cruelty on a regular basis.
Here’s what the actress wrote,
” It’s about time we address ‘The Elephant’ in the room!
We all are outraged about what happened on the pregnant elephant, and rightly so. But we were also angry and vocal about the dog in Mumbai, Dolphins in Kolkata, the elephant with fire crackers on tail and numerous other incidents. We raged, we voiced our opinions, and then moved on. In the meantime, animals continue to face cruelty in various forms. Many will even try to justify these incidents by calling them ‘an isolated case’, ‘self defense’ and even ‘ways to protect livelihood’. It’s time we ‘be the change’. Let’s start at the grassroot level, feed a stray, give them shelter from the rain, stop anyone who tries to hurt them. That might just be more useful than what we have been doing.
The laws are better, than they were even few years ago, but the execution of them needs to be better as well.
In the meantime let’s hope n try another mute does not suffer in the hands of us “humans” , some of who, have nothing human about them…
Elephant #AnimalAbuse #AnimalCruelty #StopAnimalCruelty”
Hope her message reaches across to many and appropriate action is taken. Apart from animal activism, Sonnalli has been using the lockdown for spreading the message of holistic health on her social media.
She was last seen in Jai Mummy Di and will be next seen in Boondi Raita.