I just read on the newspapers today that India has rejected World Bank aid for tiger conservation. The report said that while the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests was interested in accepting the aid the wildlife conservationists were opposed to it! Basically the aid "was to be given for improving the livelihood security in some States," says the report and the conservationists say that it is unacceptable to accept the conditions that come with the aid like all the contracts would be given to American consultants. Further some conservationists allege that the World Bank tiger conservation initiative was not inspiring enough.
Fine! What is more worrying is the fact that India's own initiatives in tiger conservation has not been much successful over the years! Ultimately it is the 'master hunter' that is left to suffer! Consider this: According to the figures of The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) many tigers were lost either due to poaching or natural deaths! But the stick point was postmortems or proper investigations were not conducted in these cases! Further the figures of dead tigers provided by the NGOs and the States does not match. In 2009-10 NGOs claim 84 tiger deaths while the States put the figure at 59 (till November 2009). However, this might change with the National Tiger Conservation Authority launching a new website http://tigernet.nic.in/ that intends to have online a consolidated database on tiger population, wildlife crime on animals within the tiger reserve.
I am not condemning the Government for rejecting the World Bank aid for tiger conservation; the conservations might be right as they are the ones who work on ground zero but the fact remains that the work of the Government and the NGOs does not stop with mere 'no' for 'outside tiger conservation funds' but work together in a systematic and effective way for tiger conservation! Finally, it the tigers that would be directly impacted by these efforts!
The next lunar year will be the Chinese year of the Tiger and conservationists in India are worried that this could increase the poaching of tigers for its skins and body parts in India. There is a flourishing illegal trade for tiger skins and its body parts in China as it is largely used as decorative items in furniture and and its body parts used in Chinese medicines. And there is increasing poaching activities in India to meet this burgeoning market!
Unless there is some concerted effort on the part of the Government and NGOs in conserving India's pride the tiger population, the survival of this majestic work of nature will be a serious cause for concern! Please, preserve the tiger, for tigers' sake!!
Sources:
http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/07/stories/2010010757622000.htm
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Tiger-reserves-to-upload-data-on-deaths--seizures/564022
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Monday, December 14, 2009
How you can help your planet!
Whatever decision the countries at the World Climate Meet in Copenhagen decides to do to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and arrest global warming it would finally depend on how individuals across societies implement it. Remember, if you and I could do something towards reducing global warming, it could go a long way in saving our planet for our future generations and for our animal friends! Animals are an integral part of the ecosystem and it is practically not affordable for us survive without them! So here's a checklist of what you can do to help save this planet. There are many zones where you could implement these practices but let's start with what you could do at your office to reduce global warming. After all, office is where we spend most of the time in a day!!
1. Being online 24x7 is fun but it is more important to stay alive! Turn off your computer, broadband modem, scanner, printer, computer monitor and speakers when you are not using them. Make sure your computer is turned off at night.
2. Screensavers do not save energy; Save power by enabling the power management function on your computer.
3. You can use a large power strip for your computer, broadband modem, scanner, printer, monitor and speakers. This way you can cut 200kwh per year.
4. Insist on using green energy.
5. Laptops are better than desktops for environment as laptops consumes five time less electricity. If you don't want to do away with your desktop try to get get an LCD screen instead of the CRT screen.
6. Do not throw away your old computer. You can recycle office equipment by donating old computers to organizations and institutions such as schools.
7. Cut on unnecessary travel. It is good for your pocket and to the environment. Make most use of phone, e-mail or video conferencing.
8. Organize awareness programs on climate control. The key should be on individual contribution to reduce global warming.
Learn more about saving your planet at: http://www.panda.org/how_you_can_help/greenliving/at_the_office/
1. Being online 24x7 is fun but it is more important to stay alive! Turn off your computer, broadband modem, scanner, printer, computer monitor and speakers when you are not using them. Make sure your computer is turned off at night.
2. Screensavers do not save energy; Save power by enabling the power management function on your computer.
3. You can use a large power strip for your computer, broadband modem, scanner, printer, monitor and speakers. This way you can cut 200kwh per year.
4. Insist on using green energy.
5. Laptops are better than desktops for environment as laptops consumes five time less electricity. If you don't want to do away with your desktop try to get get an LCD screen instead of the CRT screen.
6. Do not throw away your old computer. You can recycle office equipment by donating old computers to organizations and institutions such as schools.
7. Cut on unnecessary travel. It is good for your pocket and to the environment. Make most use of phone, e-mail or video conferencing.
8. Organize awareness programs on climate control. The key should be on individual contribution to reduce global warming.
Learn more about saving your planet at: http://www.panda.org/how_you_can_help/greenliving/at_the_office/
Sunday, December 6, 2009
World Climate Meet: Animals that might face extinction
So the World Climate Meet is on at Copenhagen from today. It is the rich countries vs the developing countries. Who should cut more green house gas emissions? Well, the meet is exactly to find that out but there are too many issues to be sorted out! If a deal happens it is good for the world but if the deadlock continues then both we the humans and our animal friends will continue to be forced to become extinct! I am not exaggerating anything here, this is the plain truth!
Already many animal species have faced extinction due to man-made climatic changes! Today you cannot see the famous golden toad and the harlequin frog in Costa Rica. They are extinct, courtesy global warming which obviously didn't happen on its own, we, the humans brought in on!! Global warming due to green house gas emissions continue to negatively impact the ecosystems around the world and the most directly affected by this is the coral reefs!
The cute polar bears in the Hudson Bay in Canada is losing weight, says the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) because of the ice is breaking faster there, two weeks ahead and this means polar bears will not have anything to hunt during these two weeks and they starve! Fish stocks in many zones across the world's oceans are fast moving up north because of global warming!
Rapid changes in seasonal temperatures will not only mean more trouble for us like impact on farm growing season, but for animals too! Shorter winters would mean the birds' feeding system is affected!
Please visit this link to find out what and how you can do to help arrest global warming! http://www.panda.org/how_you_can_help/greenliving/
Already many animal species have faced extinction due to man-made climatic changes! Today you cannot see the famous golden toad and the harlequin frog in Costa Rica. They are extinct, courtesy global warming which obviously didn't happen on its own, we, the humans brought in on!! Global warming due to green house gas emissions continue to negatively impact the ecosystems around the world and the most directly affected by this is the coral reefs!
The cute polar bears in the Hudson Bay in Canada is losing weight, says the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) because of the ice is breaking faster there, two weeks ahead and this means polar bears will not have anything to hunt during these two weeks and they starve! Fish stocks in many zones across the world's oceans are fast moving up north because of global warming!
Rapid changes in seasonal temperatures will not only mean more trouble for us like impact on farm growing season, but for animals too! Shorter winters would mean the birds' feeding system is affected!
Please visit this link to find out what and how you can do to help arrest global warming! http://www.panda.org/how_you_can_help/greenliving/
Monday, November 30, 2009
Can I make my pet sick?
Hi friends, it's been a while now since I shared some info here about animals. There is more than one reason for this one of them being that I was down with viral fever for almost 10 days! During these 10 days I was suffering too much but to add to my woes my (good?) neighbour never allowed Bittu, his pet cat near me for all those days! Bittu has been visiting my home ever since I moved to this place some 3 years ago! She is a cute little cat and is a delight to watch and play! Whenever my mother went to my neighbour's to bring Bittu to me my neighbour used to protest! He was afraid that Bittu could catch the flu from me!! I was happy that my neighbour has been so caring about his pet cat!! How nice it would be if everyone were like that towards their pets?! But can I make my pet cat sick? I certainly do not know and I decided to find out. My veterinary friend says that there are viruses that are zoonotic which can pass from animals to humans and vice versa but not all flu viruses do that!! Some of these species-specific and very rarely will affect both animals and humans!
Folks, I will be writing more on this in the coming days! Thanks for reading!
Folks, I will be writing more on this in the coming days! Thanks for reading!
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Pets for Adoption - 29th November 2009
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044-22781381
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Regards,
Mahalakshmi Parthasarathy
Thursday, November 5, 2009
We've Launched our new website !!!!
After a lot of hard work and the help of our friends in the world of web designing, we at the Animal Welfare and Protection Trust are thrilled to announce the launch of our new, comprehensive website www.awptrust.org.
Our revamped website captures the essence of animal welfare and is so easy to navigate that you'll find what you're looking for instantly. Read our inspiring rescue stories - the kind that will give you goosebumps - or join the compassion squad by volunteering, sponsoring, donating or fostering. You can spend a few blissful moments watching the slide show of our puppies and kittens in the Gallery section. There are videos too, if you'd like to hear about the founding principles of the Trust. If you'd like us to keep you posted about the goings on at AWPT, just sign up for our newsletter in one quick step.
Our sincere thanks are due to Clasticon for creating this incredible website from scratch. Log on when you have a minute and tell a friend too.
Sriya Narayanan
Our revamped website captures the essence of animal welfare and is so easy to navigate that you'll find what you're looking for instantly. Read our inspiring rescue stories - the kind that will give you goosebumps - or join the compassion squad by volunteering, sponsoring, donating or fostering. You can spend a few blissful moments watching the slide show of our puppies and kittens in the Gallery section. There are videos too, if you'd like to hear about the founding principles of the Trust. If you'd like us to keep you posted about the goings on at AWPT, just sign up for our newsletter in one quick step.
Our sincere thanks are due to Clasticon for creating this incredible website from scratch. Log on when you have a minute and tell a friend too.
Sriya Narayanan
Friday, October 30, 2009
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