Guest guest Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 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. > > >For more information on Asian animal issues, please use the search feature on the AAPN website: http://www.aapn.org/ or search the list archives at: aapn >Please feel free to send any relevant news or comments to the list at aapn > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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