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by Ananya Singh | 20-01-2019 18:54
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2018 was a year that put on display many distressing headlines. Some of the worst predictions on and about our Environment came true. One such even occurred in Gujarat, India. In 1994, a canine distemper epidemic killed one third of the lions in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. It ed biologists to the perils of having large wild-animal populations together. Disease and epidemics are a form of biological population control – until the populations and habitat are already small. Then it becomes a disaster. In 2013, the Supreme Court of India had asked Gujarat, home to the world’s only wild Asiatic lions, to give some of them to a second habitat in Madhya Pradesh. But Gujarat didn’t comply, asserting that the animals were its pride. And then what biologists had been saying for years came true. First it was just a few lions. But soon after, in October, at Gir, at least 23 died from the canine distemper virus (CDV). In India, wild and domestic animals mix freely. Among them, dogs carry a host of deadly pathogens, including the CDV. A rabid dog bit a tiger in the Panna reserve in 2013. The latter received two anti-rabies shots and had to be monitored, in case other cats were exposed to the disease. The second, and exacerbating, problem with the Gir and Girnar sanctuaries is that they seem to have reached their holding capacities. In recent years, lions have walked up to the coastline, fallen in wells and have been mowed by trains. On December 18, a train ran over three lions in Amreli. Gujarat’s response to the disease outbreak has gone against the known principles of conservation – exemplified by its continued refusal to part with the lions. The state may believe its own sense of majesty arises from its stewardship but when it chose to vaccinate them instead of letting them found a second home, it’s hard to believe it doesn’t think of the lions like it does cattle. So, what is more important ? Our ego or our environment ? |
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4 Comments
Hello Ananya
Life should be treated with equal value to every living being, making it important that we do not destruct and threat other beings living zones so that one could fully have the basic right for survival.
And in such case, when there is an alternative that can actually save the lives of these animal, ego shouldn't veil one's eye.
Thanks for the report :)
Posted 23-01-2019 13:25
Hello,
Ananya Singh
Namaste from Nepal, Country of Mt Everest and Lord Buddha
I hope you are fit, fine, happy and healthy there :)
Canine distemper is a contagious and serious disease caused by a virus that attacks the respiratory, gastrointestinal and nervous systems of canine species.
As a veterinary student i am happy that you write this article, i already read about this disease in my course. I am happy you compare with this ego and environment,
we must save every creatures of our environment and let them live their own life.
we must left our ego and help our earth :)
Keep working to make your environment clean and healthy
Keep writing great report.
Green Cheers
DPK
Posted 22-01-2019 02:55
Hello Ananya.
What a great article.
It is definitely the environment that is more important than our ego.
Posted 21-01-2019 04:17
Sad to hear about the such harsh reality of affecting the wildlives in India i different period of time.
Thank you Ananya for your report around it. Your report always has something new and interesting in it.
Surely, Ego has become dominant in people over environment which has resulted in much decline in the environment and quality and quantity of the environmental factors.
Keep writing great report Ananya.
I am looking forward from your next report.
Green cheers from your fellow ambassador from Nepal :) :) :)
Posted 20-01-2019 19:56