This is a very important topic, not many of us discus, or even think about. The word animal is a very vague and general word. By animals I do not mean a particular specie or group like mammals, I am talking about the animal kingdom and the entire Fauna.

Animals are here for a reason, or else they would not exist. However due to industrialization, cutting down of forests, pollution and a lot of other man made factors, these animals are suffering.

Tigers, leopards stray out of the forests and walk into villages and are killed. The aquatic species die due to oil spills, non decomposable garbage in water bodies. Due to deforestation and destruction of flora, herbivorous animals are starving. Poaching of animals for leather, ivory, bones and other cosmetic and therapeutical items is also causing havoc in the animal kingdom.

Let’s talk about responsibilities. It is actually the governments responsibility to take care of poaching and deforestation, but due to many reasons, some understandable and some pathetic excuses, the government has not been able to protect the animals as it should have. It is the municipal co operations work to sterilize and neuter stray dogs, but we do not see them doing anything, rather they fine us for keeping animals and introduce ridiculous laws like a hefty fine for feeding stray animals.

But whose responsibility is it to reduce pollution, to make sure that the area around where we live remains green, if not for the environment, not for the animals who stay in those trees, then at least for aesthetics.

Blaming the government is very easy, but according to me u need to be pro active and start helping and then expect others to help. Let’s start with the local stray animals, get the Municipal workers to do their work and then move to bigger matters like tigers, saving forests etc.

Rome was not built in a day, but it is necessary to start somewhere.