10 rare pygmy elephants found dead in Borneo

10 rare pygmy elephants found dead in Borneo

This is a poignant picture of a rare asiatic Borneo pygmy elephant calf nudging its' dead mother, who believed to poisoned along with the 13 other dead elephants found in the Malaysian's state of Sabah (Northeastern Borneo)

This distinctive asiatic sub-species pygmy elephant  is recognised in 2003 and is only found in the north-east of Borneo with the majority of concentration in the Malaysian state of Sabah. It is estimated that the wild population stands between 1,500 to 2,000.

Calling and urging the authorities and government to launch full investigations into the dead elephants and the cause of death without fear or favour. Government must act to protect the national treasure and asset by allocating more fund, investing in expertise, supporting research, development policies, gazzets national forests and eventually laws and enforcement.

If the government can spend RM30 Million on the initial setting up a giant panda enclosure to house a pair of giant pandas loaned from China for 10 years. The government should no longer wait for further action to protect its national treasure of flora and fauna.

Joshua

Animals and moral of the society



A recent talkshow in Singapore about animal welfare has recaptured my attention on the issue. One of the talkshow guests has mentioned about how the moral of the society can be seen in its treatment of the animals around. This statement resembled closely of what I remembered that the great Mahatma Gandhi of India once said "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which animals are treated"  it followed by "I hold that the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of man."

I believe that a moral status and progress of a society can truly be evaluated by its treatment of the animals, and so does how the society treats its senior citizens and the elderly.

Eventhough I don't go as far as everyone must be vegetarians but I do strongly believe that all animals must be treated well and taken good care of whilst they are living under our care and responsibility.

While pet animal welfare is by far getting the most attention and greatest awareness, farm animal welfare and laboratory animal welfare still have a long to go for some developing nations and societies.

I think I have posted an article in my blog somewhere sometime ago about the correlation of statistics between the numbers of domestic violence and animal abuse. The higher the numbers of animal abuse correlated positively with the number of domestic violence.

Anyway, thats all for now. As human created in the image of God, we shouldn't take for granted and abuse all creatures of God whether big or small.

God bless us and all the He has created :)

Joshua