Butterfly butchers and fake wild life enthusiasts

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Island news paper

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O4.6.26

 

Butterfly Butchers abd fake wild life enthusiasts

 

 

In democratic countries when politicians do something against the law or

when they make a wrong decision they resign from their posts or the

political party ask them to resign.

If Sri Lanka want to move their country forward they should follow these rules.

We were surprised to hear that the Deparment of wild life conservation which

has large number of wild life Parks don`t have a wild life rehabilitation

center to realese the wild animals which are confiscated .

The National Zoological Gardens of Sri lanka is another lonely prison where

animals suffer being underfed and neglected.We heard that the Pinnawela

elephant orphange has lost 10 elephants and now got the world wide

reputation as a dirty breeding center.One she elephant named Lasanda had

killed her baby when it was born as the vet surgeons in charge didn`t

remove the orphan baby elephant which was sucking milk from her when she was

pregnant.

Nikini a female elepahant was tied under a tree and didn`t receive proper

treatment or shelter when she was pregnant.

..She was not able to deliver her baby and Peradeniya University lecturers

removed the dead body in April.

Nikini died few days ago on the 18th of June.

The experienced middle grade officers were transferred to Dehiwela Zoo and

now 4 elephants have died after that.

Many villagers protested against the transfer of offcers exposing the bad

state of Pinnawela orphanage saying that is a set up to destroy the

orphanage by corrupted officers and authorities.

We learned that the Zoo Director is a retired Brigadier and Pinnawela

orphange is supervised by a science graduate who has specialised inthe study

of fish !Both of them don`t have the experience or knowledge to run the

elephant orphanage and as a result it is deteriorating.

 

Commanding General of the United States Pacific army Lieutenant General

James L.Campbell and Minister of Law and order ,Buddha Sasana and deputy

Minister of defence Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

Top officers of the armed forces were at Kukuleganga for the opening

ceremony of the opening of the United Nations backed Peace Support

Operations Training centre.

They were given white pigeons by a police officer.Mr Wickramanayake was

seen sending the pigeon up.It fell down into his hands.The pigeon was dead.

We heard that Mr Wickramanayake want to investigate to know whether it was

an act of sabotage.

Some people think that the Minister must have holding the pigeon tight in

his fingers and as a result it must have died.

In 1997 a little school boy from a poor family was killed by a lion in the

Ahungalle Park.Minister Wikramanayake was the minister in charge of wild

life then .Had he listen to the local and foreign visitors

who warned and exposed the animal cruelty prevailed in that Park that boy`s

life could have been saved.

Then zoo was closed down and animals were saved because Environmental

Foundation filed a case against the owner

In 2000 Minister Wickramanayake allowed this same man to open a dream park

which housed different exotic birds.

That was a wrong decision.

The political party also betrayed the people allowing this man to hold high

office .

On the 16th of January 2004 this man was caught with 12 open bill storks

(Vivarathuduwa).He was caught at Wanathawilluwa at Wilpattu National Park

Boundary.He had 2 killos of venison which he stated that he bought for his

consumption.It is illegal to keep that meat .He was produced before Puttlam

Court.That person was posing as a wild life enthusiastic and a

conservationsit.He was seen displaying crocodiles and pythons in his so

called dream Park.

 

The 12 open bills were too small and they were handed over to the zoo.They

died there.

We request that he should be removed from the position of the office he

holds and he should not be allowed to import any more birds from abroad .It

would be better if his so called Dream(horror )Park be closed and the birds

should be sent back to their countries.

many birds die during the illegal pet trade . He is suspected to be involved

in that trade and getting down birds in the same way.

With birds flu in the air it would be better if the Government ban importing

birds from abroad.

 

The officers of the Department of Wild life Conservation deserve praise for

job well done.

We hope the Government would safe guard these officers.

A shop in Liberty Plaza was selling butterflies which were killed and

framed . This butterfly butcher should be given the maximum punishment for

for his offence for making money from killing these innocent creatures.This

was done in last year

A foreign investor was having a zoo in Attanagalla at Kandalanda

estate.There were

Three pea-cocks , Water Monitor ,Nine startortises and Ash Doves and Giant

Squirrels were kept as prisoners

in cages.These animals are protected by the law.Former DIG of of that area

was in charge of that estate.

There were large number of other birds in that estate.

It is quite interesting to know the foreigner has written a letter to the

Prime Minister blaming the wild life officers who came to confiscate these

animals.Many Sri lankans think the foreigner should be sent back to his

country .We request that these people including his employee should be given

Maximum punishment .

 

Edith Zellwegr

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