I recently saw a campaign by Aircel. It says there are only 1411 tigers remaining in our country. The magnificent beast which we proudly claim to be our national animal is approaching extinction. We need to act.
One of my friends has a funny trait. Almost every night he imagines making love to different women. He has admitted that he more often than not gets wet dreams. Well, testosterone charged male, you’d say. I wish our tigers too were so high up on their libido. For every cub born two or more are killed. We need to stop this.
We all know the reason behind this diminishing number of tigers. We humans poach them. We want their hides, their teeth, their claws or we simply want our mantelpieces to showcase a tiger’s head as a testament to our so called bravery.
My brother-in-law recently told me that a single bullet costs about 36 rupees. Let’s put it to some better use. There are so many other uncivilized beasts in our society that cause us much more harm than a tiger would. Let’s save the bullets, to use against them.
Me and my friends had been to the Pench national park last year and just as we were about to start the tour we were given sweets by the forest guards. We wondered why and they told us that it was a momentous day and they were sharing their joy. That day a tigress had given birth to 4 cubs. I can’t describe the looks on the guards’ faces.
Let’s stop buying anything that is even remotely related to the anatomy of a tiger. Let’s read up, talk, listen and do whatever possible to know what those things are and spread the awareness. Let’s restore our national pride. Let’s save our tiger!
