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by George Zacharia | 11-09-2017 01:13
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"The Earth is large enough for everyone to share,
But Mankind's heart is not large enough to care." -A.D. Williamson I happened to go on a tour to some cities of India, including Hyderabad, Jaipur, Agra and Delhi. My tour ended with a visit to the Rashtrapathi Bhavan (the president's house of India). On my tour, I happened to see various instances of wildlife. When I went to a film city, I happened to visit a Birds Park where they were species of lots of rare birds, some in cages, while some in the open, and also, a Butterfly park too. When I went to the Rashtrapathi Bhavan, I saw some Monkeys and also saw pictures of the numerous birdlife in the gardens, etc. While travelling between cities, I happened to see a few national parks, but the look of the entrances itself made me look apprehensive. They looked uncared for. If you had been updated with the news, you would have known about the massive flood that hit the Kaziranga wildlife sanctuary in Assam this year (News dated 19th August 2017). Kaziranga is a world famous sanctuary and also a UNESCO World Heritage site and is home to a rare population of one-horned rhinos. With the lash of 2 flood attacks this year, over 30% of the park's land was under water and killed over 334 animals including 22 rhinos, one Royal Bengal tiger, several elephants and over 250 various species of deer. Now, special care is being taken to prevent the existing rhinos from poachers. It makes us think, how bad a life as an animal could be? We, could maybe relocate easily to a safer habitat on occassion of a natural calamity, but what can animals do? They cannot protect themselves like we do. The biggest problem or "SIN" they face is the taking over of their land for our selfish purposes. When they don't have land, they go and compete with other animals in the remaining small land, and as Darwin's saying goes, "the survival of the fittest" occurs and we loose many species in the longer run. We always tell that how our great grandchildren might see Elephants or Rhinos or Tigers in Pictures only. Well, the current situation might make it impossible for our grandchildren or maybe even our children to see them for real or in the wild. Why is it happening? The problem rests in all of us. We have a lot to blame. We normally shift the blame just to governments for lack of proper policy keeping and MNCs for their pollution. Well, can you reckon the number of times you threw a plastic bag or bottle into an open land area? Can you imagine what will happen if an animal or bird came over and ate that plastic thinking it as food? It will enter their digestive tract, it wont digest and it will obstruct and lead to death of that animal. What about the numerous animal products you use for decoration or fashion? The jewellery made of animal bones or a curio at your homes? The more you buy, the more encouraged are the hunters in poaching the animals and the craftsman in making them. Will you have done the same if it was of a Human being? As real ambassadors of the environment, being users of TUNZA Ecogeneration, I feel we all have a responsibility towards the Wildlife. And I hope you feel inspired and make sure to make a difference. Regards, George Zacharia Regional Ambassador to India Would love to know your opinion about my article and also share your ideas on how I (or We) can contribute to protecting our wildlife. You can message me on www.facebook.com/georgezachariaofficial or email me on georgezacharia97@hotmail.com or tweet me on www.twitter.com/iamgeorgezach . I am the founder of a youth environmental group called "Students For The Earth" working in India. We would love to take your idea forward and maybe open a Sfe. Chapter in your college or school. Visit us at www.mysfe.jimdo.com or message us on www.facebook.com/studentsfortheearth or email us at studentsfortheearth@gmail.com .
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thanks for sharing
Posted 02-02-2018 16:15
good report
Posted 02-02-2018 16:14
Thank you Stephanie and Jihyeon :D
Posted 22-09-2017 13:43
Hi, George! Your report was very inspiring, and I could see how strongly you felt about protecting wildlife. As a former biology major, I have also felt the same way about wild critters. They are all precious lives and shouldn't be treated as if they were insignificant compared to humans. It is unjust how humans can think that they have the right to kill animals just for accessories, or to pollute the environment that these animals live in. I think it is very important to spread awareness about this problem, and I think you just did a very big part! :) Thank you, George, for your very passionate report.
Posted 20-09-2017 17:37
Hi, George! Yes, definitely we do all have a responsibility to protect wildlife. It's not our own resources that we can use or exploit freely and infinitely. Some people in these days treat it as their own asset and don't feel any guilt about their selfish consuming pattern. Even though in fact we are the most powerful creature who can control eco-system dominantly, it doesn't mean we can actually control them as a host. We must remember we have not only rights to enjoy affluent life given by wildlife but also responsibility to protect the Earth. Also, we have to try our best to keep a balance between utilizing resources we've got from wildlife and protecting its eco-system. Thanks for your great report!!
Posted 16-09-2017 20:53
@Arushi Madan
Welcome :D
Yes, we need to spread awareness and get the message straight and clear. We must also undertake projects to protect these animals.
Thank you so much for the comment :D
Posted 11-09-2017 15:56
@Prakriti Dhakal
Thank you for checking out Students for the Earth and your appreciaton for that. We all feel very encouraged and thank you for that :D .
Yes, we can't do anything about natural calamities. But definitely we can do a lot on our part like preventing cutting trees, throwing plastic, etc.
Welcome :D
Posted 11-09-2017 15:54
Thanks for a well written and expressive report, George. Wild animals form an important part of this whole ecosystem and they have as much right to safe living as we humans have. We have no right to kill them for our selfish motives. Plastics not only pose a serious threat wild lives or marine lives but also harms the environment which consequently poses risk to our health. Thus it is imperative that we mind our consumption and disposal pattern. We should minimise the use of plastic and should recycle them rather than throwing them in open land or seas/water bodies. We should also endeavour to respect, protect and care for other living creatures and should not kill them for hunting/poaching or materialistic pleasures. Let's write about this through various other forums and media too to spread awareness and awake people who are sleeping on this serious issue.
Posted 11-09-2017 14:37
You starting quotes is really nice and yeah I checked the link you mentioned in you report about 'Students for Earth' well done, be blessed with good works and we are proud to see such activities our co-ambassador is doing.
Issue of Wildlife is being more and more pathetic day by day as you mentioned about flood YES many countries is being affected and the wildlife is lost, so nobody us can control the natural cause but still we need to consider that natural calamity is not our misfortune it is because of our daily activities which indirectly cause exploitation so hearby go through some clean green project. government itself alone cannot do anything until people there get morally and mentally .
Well your report is natural and really shows true passion about environment.
Thank you mate :)
Posted 11-09-2017 13:43