At the NDTV-India Animal Fund Freedom For All Telethon, Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama said, “Animals have the same feeling of pain when they are subjected to harm and exploitation, just as human beings do. Life is dear to animals as it is to us human beings and since we are supposed to be superior to animals with the ability to judge between right and wrong, we all should do the right thing by being kind to animals.”