How would you feel if you had to live all your life locked up in a cage? Have you ever wondered what goes on in the minds of the animals who live their entire life in captivity? Never a day of privacy...never a day of choice...never a day of freedom...never a day off. Is it fair to tame the wild just for the sake of entertainment?
I visited the Bombay Byculla Zoo recently only to find empty enclosures barring a few with some exotic birds and a few animals here and there. As i looked at the cage of exotic birds in awe and tried capturing every move of theirs on my camera, I realised something was bothering me and my camera...it was the cage. Not only did it take away the beauty of these pictures but it also took away the charm of seeing something in all it's glory. After all, all good things are wild and free! The rest of the zoo was mostly abandoned, and looking at the state of the zoo it was probably a good thing that no animals were kept there. Being locked up is bad enough and the thought of seeing animals in enclosures as tiny and filthy as these just make you shudder. It seems not just people but animals also have to deal with space crunch in Mumbai. A hippo in the Delhi Zoo probably has triple the space the poor hippo in Mumbai Zoo can afford, that too on sharing!
While the little kid in me who loves wild animal spotting and encounters was disappointed with the empty enclosures, the adult in me was relieved that the enclosures were empty and hoped for a day when the freedom of animals would not be sacrificed for the sake of our entertainment.
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| The Abandoned Zoo |
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| His motto: "Stay calm and chill maaan" |
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| Hitching a ride |
Love it....true that cages are sad and pathetic.... The better option is national parks where even though they can be preserved they still have some resemblance of.their.natural habitat intact
ReplyDeleteTotally agree!
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