(MY) letter on croc killing

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I fully endorse this letter. So many times an animal is claimed to be

the personification of the Devil, only because it did what is perfectly

natural to its instincts: attack something that intruded his territory.

A human loss is certainly something sad but what does make the life of

an animal less important than the life of a human?

 

 

yitzeling wrote:

 

>2007/06/01-NST

>Sarawak Killer: It's not right to kill the crocodile

>By : NANDAR KUMAR VARATHARAJALOO, Kuala Lumpur

>

>

>I REFER to the article over the killing of a crocodile in Sarawak

>( " Villagers dish out death to man-eater " — NST, May 27).

>The article also posted a picture of a man sitting on the dead reptile.

>

>If this photo was not in colour, I would have thought that it was from

>the age of the Maharajas and Viceroys of India shooting and killing

>elephants and tigers.

>

>The justification for the killing was that the crocodile had killed a man.

>

>I regret the loss of a human life in this case. But aren't we failing

>to see that these animals were in their natural habitat?

>They only did what was natural to them. In the name of development, we

>encroached on their territory.

>

>We, the humans, went into the jungles, the rivers and the swamps. Not

>only did we go in, we even destroyed most of it.

>

>The authorities in India and Australia protect the " man-eating " tiger

>and the shark.

>

>In this age and time, it is just beyond my understanding of how any

>governing authority can allow endangered animals to be treated this

>way in Malaysia. It is simply illegal.

>

>I strongly urge the authorities and the media to act responsibly to

>educate the public on this issue.

>

>And as a final plea, please refrain from publishing similar acts of

>killing animals in such a fashion. In present times, it is just not

>acceptable.

>

>

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