Sir,

This has the reference to a news-item, wherein some poultry businessmen have claimed compensation for the loss of the birds in the reported bird-flu virus. The logic behind such a demand is beyond comprehension. Poultry farming is a business and has hazards of loss as in any other form of business. They should therefore have insured against such losses. It is certainly not desirable to pay compensation from the exchequer, to which a large number of vegetarians contribute,
for a cause wherein a huge number of innocent birds are destroyed everyday.


- Wg. Cdr. V.B. Purang