{"id":23657,"date":"2018-02-15T11:59:54","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T11:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=23657"},"modified":"2018-02-15T12:03:41","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T12:03:41","slug":"plight-pangolins-des-kelly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/plight-pangolins-des-kelly\/","title":{"rendered":"“THE PLIGHT OF THE PANGOLINS” by Des Kelly"},"content":{"rendered":"

“THE PLIGHT OF THE PANGOLINS”<\/span><\/h1>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Still another of God’s creatures on the “extinction list”.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0“THEY DID EVOLVE FROM A DISTANT “AGE”<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0MAKING THEIR “HOME” ON THE “ASIAN-STAGE”<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0IN LANKA, THEY LIVED, OUT UNDER THE STARS<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 THIS “GROUP” THAT INCLUDED KABARAGOYAS”<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO DESERVE THIS FATE ?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 TO BE CLOSE TO EXTINCTION, AT THIS RAPID RATE<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 THEY HAVE NOT COMMITTED ANY “MORTAL SINS”<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 UNFAIR, IS THE “PLIGHT OF THE PANGOLINS”<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I remember certain Chinese Cafes that kept lobsters in special water tanks, in full view of everyone coming in for a feed. Then “some” patrons” would choose one or two, for a “fresh lobster” meal. The poor lobster would then be yanked out of the tank, killed, & cooked “on the spot” for the poor hungry patrons..\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Even as a child, I would not patronize these so-called cafes. Sure, they had a business to run, but to get rid of what their business was “running” in this horrid, in-humane manner was “not-on”, as far as I was concerned. ANY food that has to be consumed by humans should be killed in private, killed quickly with as little “suffering” as possible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They might be animals, birds, whatever, but slaughtermen,<\/span><\/p>\n

trophy-hunters, duck-shooters & others of this nature, MUST remember that these “victims” also feel pain & suffer before they die.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I remember this “true story” as though it happened yesterday. Just entering my “teens”, we were living in a little Suburb called Kirillapona (close to Nugegoda), and had my very first “catapult” in hand. I went outside, picked up a small stone, had nothing to shoot at, so I simply aimed it towards the top of a big tree and thought, let me try this thing out, shooting at nothing in sight. Something then happened, that I will never ever forget. That stone had struck a small “kondaya”, nesting in that tree, and the little bird fell, almost at my feet, wings fluttering and making tiny “tweets”as it lay there, dying. I picked it up, tears streaming down my face, fondling that little bird, trying to undo the act that I had unwittingly done, but to no avail. The kondaya died in my hands, teaching me a lesson that will always remain with me. That little bird WAS suffering pain & shock.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tiny, though it was, it was still a creature of God. Yes, we humans do eat the flesh of some animals, birds, & fish. We have to, in order to survive, but there is NO REASON whatsoever to kill them inhumanely. There should be a law against slaughtermen who torture animals before killing them. There should be a law against Governments who “export” cattle, etc., before ensuring 100%,\u00a0 that these animals will be well-treated as they go to their “final” destination. “Duck-hunting” should be banned altogether.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Brave “hunters” who wish to use their shotguns or whatever should be directed to the nearest ” shooting-range”, so that, at least, they will learn to shoot straight & kill their prey outright. Elephant hunters who kill these huge animals for nothing except the ivory in their tusks, let me give you a “tip”<\/span><\/p>\n

Firstly, get a little closer to your “target” so you can judge the size of the tusks, you are after, secondly, just a little bit closer man, so the big beast can reach out with his “trunk”, grab you by the neck, lift you & your bloody gun high up in the air, and dash you to your death, suffering the pain that you were about to inflict on “him”, before you go to hell.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I do think that I have made my point here. The KELLY’S<\/span><\/p>\n

of my entire family, are all “Animal-lovers”& because, as I always say, “the pen is mightier than the sword” I am proud and privileged to be able to pass on my message to the thousands of eLanka readers, who, hopefully, are Animal-lovers as well. They (the animals), my friends, are more trust-worthy, loyal, loving & giving, than most of your human companions.<\/span><\/p>\n