Was he a true animal lover in Guwahati zoo ?

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Here is the part of a letter published in the ‘Reader’s Opinion’ column in The

Telegraph published from Kolkata, India, on 25th Dec. 2007 on mauling and

severing of a limb and subsequent death of a person by a caged tiger in Guwahati

zoo in Assam, India.

 

Sir — Rupa Bezbaruah, the wife of Jayprakash Bezbaruah, says that her husband

has visited the Guwahati zoo 40 times, “such was his passion for animals and

wildlife” (“Husband in jaws of death”, Dec 21). I was shocked on reading this.

How can a man, who professed to be an animal lover, visit the zoo and that too

40 times? People who visit zoos give their implicit support to the practice of

putting animals in cages. It is a ghastly and inhuman practice that no wildlife

enthusiast should support. ……

Yours faithfully,

Sumon Chatterjee, Calcutta

Perhaps, a true animal lover should visit a zoo only if s/he can add a bit for

any improvement of life of those confined animals there. Mere visit for gazing

those poor animals and capturing their plight in camera doesn’t qualify one to

be an animal lover. Approaching too close to their enclosure with or without any

gadget is not only dangerous for the person but it’s also a cause for great

disturbance and incitement to the animals already under miserable treatment.

 

 

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