Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Let's try!

Everybody dreams of their perfect future.A successful life,huge bungalow,luxury cars,healthy family and to add to that perfection - a pet. Obviously like everybody else,I dream of the same.But to add to my perfect future,I have always wanted that perfect animal to be my pet - Great,Gracious and Gorgeous : Tiger!


Yes! A Royal Bengal tiger in my 'Oh! So pretty farm-house' shall complete my idea of perfect future! And I'm not just cooking it up.I'm sure of what I'm saying and I'm sure its not impossible.BUT! the insecurity that these beautiful creatures are in,I see a possibility that it might become very difficult.Imperiled,these species are,and as everybody probably already knows that from around 40,000 at the turn of the last century, there are just 1,411 tigers left in India! I have many years in hand to achieve this dream.But will they be available at all by that time?! The scarcity is increasing,and its scary.If we don’t act now, we could lose this part of our heritage forever!


Tiger is our national animal.They are astoundingly beautiful!It is every Indian's duty to do every little bit to save them from extinction.Do you know Asia is most responsible for this wildlife being in danger?! China trades all animal skins at a large scale,Malaysian Islamic party has given out 'shoot at sight' orders,the huge cat is a 'yummy delicacy' in many parts of the continent and also the world,and there are many more cases.But it is time we wake up!It is bootless having it as our national animal if we together can't save it.It's significance can't be taken for granted!


Tigers are disappearing for several reasons:


Destruction of habitat : Stop deforestation!
Poaching : Stop smuggling!
Disappearance of animals tigers prey on : We all need food for life!


Why do we need to save them?! Tigers are important for many reasons:


They are at the top of the food chain of large ecosystems,and thus if they disappear,the whole ecosystem,with all it's plants and animals and even the people who are dependant on them,is put in jeopardy!
The cat has been a vibrant part of human cultural,religious and social history.
Do we really need reasons to save such a gorgeous piece of wildlife?!


They say 'the first step towards change is awareness'.This post is only posted with an intention to spread some awareness and contribute my bit,as any tiny contribution will make a little difference.I want my dream to come true one fine day.And the day shall come.Let's try!


Reference majorly taken from http://www.forevertigers.com/ and http://www.saveourtigers.com/ .

4 comments:

Pranay Bagchi said...

The Royal Bengal Tiger, i was astonished to see the national animal moving freely,roaring loud in the Corbet park and searching its pray,this sight was one of the scariest thing i have ever experienced in my life.From that day i always wanted to explore more about this wild creature.This has to be the best creation of Nature which is gradually diminishing because of mankind and other things.This is an alarming issue which all the citizen of our country should through a light on it and preserve the national animal for our pride. Well done Chani, The Tiger indeed is Royal.

SaloniVaid said...

the words u wrote wont b unheard ...n i strongly pray to god that ur dream n the dream of millions of indian citizens comes true ...we n our children will c tigers as the pride of our nation !! amen ..

Want to be an engineer !!! said...

hi,
Sorry to say all this.
You all may feel that i am wrong but i am just presenting the other side of the coin or it may be my ignorance but i still do not any point in spending so much in saving stupid tiger.
This is not the first time that any specie is disappearing. It a continues process of nature every one how is born has to die and same goes with the tiger they all has to die one day or the other. As it had happened with dinosaurs and countless others.
I still believe we all should stop spending millions on saving tiger instead we should spend this money for better cause as providing food and shelter to the poor.
sorry?
but it is true

Chani Sobti said...

@Want to be...

Hi.. Thank you for coming across and putting that point with honesty.As I mentioned in my post,one very important reason to save the tigers is to keep our ecosystem,that we are wholly dependent on,going.

Tigers are the top carnivores.If they are absent,the number of herbivores,that they feed on,will obviously increase.And so,this will effect hugely the vegetation and availability of vegetarian food for humans and animals.

Every living being on this earth is here for a very important reason.And so as humans (the most gifted animals), it is our duty to save it from extinction.Moreover,Tiger is our national animal and its existence in India is as important as that of the tiranga or the national anthem!