Life or Something Like it : Innocence Trapped and Tormented at Alipore Zoo : Take a Step to Help
The four previous posts on Alipore Zoological Gardens have shown the darker forms of life to me. Starting from the food they were served to the hazardous conditions under which they spent every moment of their life have brought a bitter feeling in me for the people responsible. It seems like everyone has forgotten that the creatures housed there, who have as much sensibility and sensitivity as we or even more, are still ALIVE; as if they were toys to play with, born only to be sources of excitement and entertainment.
It is tough to ponder that now when I sit here to write about them, they still live a life with their freedoms shackled, housed in enclosures of sizes not even comparable to their natural habitats and surroundings that are totally strange to them.
Hunger, thirst, loneliness, humiliation and the fear of unseen trouble that might appear the next minute are being fought with in their minds every moment, their minds, which are capable of comprehending everything.
Why do their cries go unheard? Why are they ignored and the sources of their pain never questioned? Why are they living their lives in closed enclosures? Why can they not taste freedom, the right they were born with? Who are we to decide about the lives of those creatures who are equally important to nature as we? I wonder if they ever had the choice of belonging to species which were not at the verge of being wiped out. If it is us who have wiped out their species for our own gains over the centuries, then why are they paying for it?
Anyway, we always witness injustice prevaling around us everywhere but it being so blatantly and shamelessly displayed raises a few more questions. Why is there no one to question those who are supposed to earn their living by taking care of them? Is it because they have no fear of being penalized for their deeds and no one fears God anyways? Are humanity and compassion seen no where for those living in the zoo?
If answering these questions goes out of our scope and if nothing else then can we take exactly 10-15 minutes of our lives to help them? If you have any feelings or respect for speechless, innocent yet intelligent but helpless, as alive as you but never being treated so, then this is the least you can do for them.
Given below is a link to a general letter which is addressed to the Central Zoo Authority. Along with this, I request you to also send copy of the letter to the Director of Alipore Zoo as mentioned at the end.
It is tough to ponder that now when I sit here to write about them, they still live a life with their freedoms shackled, housed in enclosures of sizes not even comparable to their natural habitats and surroundings that are totally strange to them.
Hunger, thirst, loneliness, humiliation and the fear of unseen trouble that might appear the next minute are being fought with in their minds every moment, their minds, which are capable of comprehending everything.
Why do their cries go unheard? Why are they ignored and the sources of their pain never questioned? Why are they living their lives in closed enclosures? Why can they not taste freedom, the right they were born with? Who are we to decide about the lives of those creatures who are equally important to nature as we? I wonder if they ever had the choice of belonging to species which were not at the verge of being wiped out. If it is us who have wiped out their species for our own gains over the centuries, then why are they paying for it?
Anyway, we always witness injustice prevaling around us everywhere but it being so blatantly and shamelessly displayed raises a few more questions. Why is there no one to question those who are supposed to earn their living by taking care of them? Is it because they have no fear of being penalized for their deeds and no one fears God anyways? Are humanity and compassion seen no where for those living in the zoo?
If answering these questions goes out of our scope and if nothing else then can we take exactly 10-15 minutes of our lives to help them? If you have any feelings or respect for speechless, innocent yet intelligent but helpless, as alive as you but never being treated so, then this is the least you can do for them.
Given below is a link to a general letter which is addressed to the Central Zoo Authority. Along with this, I request you to also send copy of the letter to the Director of Alipore Zoo as mentioned at the end.
Do not forget to edit the letter before printing by adding the date and your name and address.
The addresses of the authorities are as follows:
1. Member Secretary
Central Zoo Authority
Annexe-VI, Bikaner House
Shahjahan Road
New Delhi-110011
Fax # 91-011-23386012
Email : cza@nic.in
Email : cza@nic.in
2. Dr. S.K. Chaudhuri
Director
Alipore Zoo
Alipore
Kolkata - 700027
Fax # 91-033-24791150
You can also choose to email CZA or fax them and the Director of the zoo.
I have already written to them and a few more but no results.
I feel, as of now, we have just one option to choose if we wish to help bring a change and that is to tool Mass Mailing. Encourage your friends and family to participate in strengthening this campaign of writing letters to the authorities. The more you post letters the better can the conditions of the zoo inmates be. So please do not delay. It is very easy for you, if you ever respected animals. Just take a print out of the letter below, sign it and send to authorities mentioned above. PLEASE is all I can say.
Thank you.
