Killing the Cats...

Only One Thousand Four Hundred and Eleven left. Approximately one third the population of the school I studied in, it’s sad, extremely sad.

At the turn of the 20th century the world had about a hundred thousand tigers, of which more than half their population came from India. We even have the most gorgeous looking cat in the world, the Royal Bengal Tiger. For over four thousand years from the time of the Indus valley civilization till the time of the Cholas, the tiger has been a symbol of this land, and today our national animal. And we are on a war path to get rid of them as soon as possible.

We should consider ourselves lucky to live amongst such beautiful and graceful creatures, but what do we do, we poach them for their fur, to decorate our homes, to wear it as a sign of class, what class? We are poachers, and that’s all we are. The tigers used to be the best choice for the hunt back in the day, and since the late 90’s some thousand tigers have been poached, someone needs to be blamed, it’s just ourselves we have I guess, but it’s time to act, it’s time to reach out and save these poor cats.

It’s been done before, the government had managed to double the tiger population during Indira Gandhi’s time, and we need to do it again. We have lost more than 1500 of them in the past two decades.

The verdict...... Stop the poaching, stop the hunt...... have a heart, it’s about time we did.

3 comments:

  1. macha.. ur not a poacher... the only thing uve hunted walks on two legs. i presume the majority f the people u and i know are aware and oppose this horrible crime. However, the poachers u appeal to dont read this blog or use the internet. i suggest u add ideas on what we can do to help.

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  2. join the cause.... you want to go sit in the forest and somehow you think that will help, but thats not going to happen... so join the cause... spread the word... do what it takes...

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