Non-violence and benevolence are a part and parcel of
the very life of a Jain, hence the Jains maintain shelter-houses for
helpless and dumb animals and birds. In those places, animals and birds
which are helpless, incapacitated, crippled and disabled are given
shelter. In those houses, arrangements are made for providing fodder,
water, medicine, treatment and other facilities to them. The cattle that
are likely to be sent to slaughter-houses are rescued and kept in these
places and are attended to, Even today, in areas like Rajasthan and
Gujarat, there are such houses giving shelter to hundreds and thousands of
animals and birds.
