Raveena salutes animal mothers

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New Delhi: When Raveena Tandon became a mother in March last year, it gave her a whole new emotional view of her work to improve the lives of India's animals.

So this year, the actress has joined hands with People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and is urging people on Mothers' Day to stop to consider the non-human mothers whose children are taken from them everyday.

Raveena has been known for her affiliation with PETA and her work for animal welfare over the past years.

PETA takes the example of a videoptape showing a dolphin mother grieving for her dead baby. According to PETA, when a young dolphin dies, the entire pod surrounds the mother and protects her while she grieves.

"Kittens and puppies are whisked away from their mothers at 8 weeks old or even younger, to feed a flourishing trade in cute, trendy ‘pets’. No one considers the anxiety and grief this causes their mothers and the babies themselves," says a PETA spokesperson.

Animals around the world have shown very sharp maternal instincts and have gone to great extent to protect their young ones.

For example, a few years ago, a cat named Scarlet made headlines around the world when she risked her life by re-entering a burning building five times to rescue her tiny kittens one by one.

Even though her eyes were blistered shut and her paws were burned, Scarlet did not rest until she had retrieved all her babies, touching each one with her nose to make sure that they were safe.

"Even though humans sometimes think that they have got the market cornered on motherhood – even setting aside a whole day to celebrate it – a stray cat can still show us up!" says the PETA spokesperson.