Thursday, February 11, 2010

AgAiNsT "SaVe oUr tIgErS" !!!!! (๏̯͡๏)



From past quite few days , I saw an extensive campaign run by
Aircel in collaboration with WWF - India , about "Save our tigers" campaign . Many celebrities - M.S.Dhoni , Bhaichung Bhutia , Surya - all lending their voice for this cause ..All they say ( and showcase on the screen ) is the number of tigers left i.e., 1411 ( Are they sure its not 1410 while I am writing this ???? ). When I first saw the ad on my TV during the regular commercials , the first point that came to my mind is - How can I help in preserving the species from being extinct ???

After seeing n number of times about it , I decided to log on to the website www.saveourtigers.com and check out what can be done by a lame citizen like me in preserving the species ??? This is what I got to see :




Ok ..I can voice out i.e. Roar about it , I can be well informed about the facts and all , I will speak up also ( see I am writing about it !! ) ..These 3 I can very well do ( and I am sure these 3 are only all can do )...Donate ???? No ways !!! I have done lots of donations during other "critical" times - during tsunamis , earthquakes , blah blahs , etc., but it never reached them !!!! When help rendered to fellow- humans couldn't reach them and was eaten by 'middle men's' , tigers are after all animals ! How can I be assured that every penny 'donated' is utilized for "them" only ???

So I stepped onto the last section : "
Lead the change" hoping to find a solution to my question ..Again clicking there got to see this :


Well , again , repeated irrelevant discussions , except that I can try to reduce usage of natural resources and be a good tourist ...
Ok ..these are good points cited and appreciate the sponsors to have come out with that :) ..

Yes , I am against this campaign , and I know I am sounding quite negative ..but I will accept all your arguments and support and
favourisms of this campaign if you answer my one question : How can I , as a individual , help in "Save the tigers" ??? Most tigers are - around 90% I guess , have been cruelly shot , for want of $$$$$....I guess you are well aware of all this ... How can citizens , ( ok let me take my case itself here ) , sitting at home (apart from leading their 'mechanical' life , who , at times , go on a holiday ) will help me to save our national animal ?? Some people out there - only a handful - are killing the animals ...For them , money is more important than preserving the species .Will making me aware help or taking strict measure against the criminals , enforcing stricter laws and security would help ??? ( now don't tell that Govt is taking initiatives ..If it really had , the numbers wouldn't have dropped down so drastically , in a span on of few years ...)

I am totally against this campaign ...Yes , because honestly , I can do
nothing to help it , except to write , which in sands of time will be buried soon ... Writing or speaking about it WILL NOT help ..Its time Government do something about it , because citizens like me , can't do anything except being helpless and talking about it , and believe me , its feels stupid, to keep on writing about it , without noticing any difference in results !

P.S: Click on images , if you are really interested to read !

And do comment , would really love to know your waves of
thoughts ! :)

12 comments:

Anshul said...

Hi.. You have raised some very good points... I agree with you that this is one thing where we as an individual can't do much apaprt from spreading awareness about it like you did..bt are we creating awareness among the poachers who are actually responsible for killing of tigers ?? No we are not.. we'll keep on roaring "Save Our Tigers" and poachers will keep on killing them.. its the Govt who should take strict steps to protect our national animal.. and it is here I think this campaign will help... forcing the government to do something..

Blogger said...

Exactly Anshul ...Its time Govt roar on poachers , and not plead public to help them in "Saving"!!! and coming to your point of voicing through this campaign ( to force GOvt ) , well this has been done in past for other campaigns , but were ther any results seen ??

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Save Ramesh said...

how does a common man save a tiger?

tiger is at the top position in a food chain, so inorder to save a tiger we have to save its food right?

food is, for example a deer, inorder to save a deer we have to save its habitat right?

in order save the habitat, we have to decrease deforestation.

we have to plant more trees

we have to stop pollution

to save a tiger, if do all the above indirectly we save environment

thus, saving the tigers is saving the environment!

Blogger said...

Well Adi of course saving the environment is very much necessary ! I agree to it , as it has chain effect , but then if thats the root cause , why then go from up to down rather than focussing on bottom up ??? n bdw do you really think the main reason for extinction of tigers is due to diminishing environment ??????

Anonymous said...

Thank you for dropping at my blog... Ya your reasons are quite right but we can't disregard this campaign...
If a single tiger can be saved or government take some initiatives, make some strict rule than the motto of the current campaign doesn't go in vain. We can't stop supporting such campaign because some of our earlier efforts failed or we haven't got the desire result...

BY the way welcome to the world of blogging ,
Keep writing and sharing your thoughts...
:)

Amogh said...

true, some nice points raised..
we can do many things but still we can do somethings..
like making donations,etc..
nice post anyways!

Check my post on save our tigers, it nothing compared to urs though :)
http://ttoe.co.in/?p=47

Blogger said...

@ Vijay : True Vijay ..I appreciate that we cant disregard a maasive campaign like this , also being aware that we shouldnt keep quiet , just because our previous initiatives didnt work out well , but still , I am firm in my opinions ;)

@ abc :Thanks for dropping by :) Will surely drop in your place :)

Avin said...

This is the same view that my friend shared after seeing the campaign ads.What we can do sitting at home?I then didnt have any reply since i never bothered to even think about it as i thought its not going to bring any change.But now i started thinking may be and just may be there got to be something that they are all doing this for.Lets see where it takes to.Thanks for sharing.

Aditi said...

u made me sit back and think girl.. good points there :)

Blogger said...

@Avin : Yup ...exactly ..thats what I indirectly wanted to convey ...We all , can only sit back and look at the tamasha , of which few of them include people , who write/blog/spread a word about "Save our Tigers", not knowing where all this will end??

@Aditi : Thanks !

Anunoy Samanta said...

Hi bloggy, ye it's true yaar... i never thought it in deep... actually i cudn't evr think dat i can hlp dat neway, so didn bother to giv a 2nd thgt,lol... o yea aftral its necessary to develop some musculature of adolescent aircel .... hehe... neway i support ur views...