G20 Summit & Forcing Our War on the Wildlife!

 

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Hon President Draupadi Murmu madam, Hon Prime Minister Narendra Modiji & Hon Home Minister Amitji Shah…

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“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” … Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest and most influential physicists of all time. I think some names just don’t need any introduction at any time in any decade or even century & Albert Einstein is one such & it’s not just for his Physics Laws or Atomic research but for his humanitarian philosophy too, which has been reflected in his above quote about humans & wars! The topic of this sharing is entirely different from what I have come across till now on the front of social or wildlife issues & let me tell you, it is shocking! It started from an article in the newspaper by my good friend & a wildlife lover journalist of Ma Ta, Chaitrali Chandokakar. The article was about the use of Kite (ghar in Marathi) by the Indian Army, a prey bird which can fly up high in the sky & is known for its ability to sight smallest of objects from a very long distance as well as flying capacity. These are the characteristics which are found in most birds of prey & exactly these characteristics which has made the Indian Army to use these birds for sponge or say spying or say for their own security surveillance, was the subject of the article. The article also mentioned that Indian Army has formed a squad (just like a Dog Squad) of these kites (birds) & they will be training these birds for air surveillances by mounting cameras on the back or neck of these birds & get information about enemy movement or any other ill entities movements along the border of our country. In future also the Indian Army will be trying to utilize such species & their special skills or powers for assistance in our wars against the enemy.

Well, I know whatever I am writing here after may make me enemy of our country (at least some may think) & that’s why I addressed this letter to none other than our Hon Prime Minister as well Hon President & Hon Defence Minister too, who jointly heads the responsibility of national security as well as are decision makers of our defence policies! That way Chief of Staff & our Security Adviser are also there but then these two (later names) doesn’t represent people or say humans but they represent army or say soldiers & they will always think of only one thing which they have been trained for & that is, winning the war at any cost, so no point in appealing them for what I have in my mind or what bothered me after reading that article! The said article also mentioned a few other cases where animals & birds are used by other countries for warfare tactics for e.g., China used trained monkeys to shoo away birds near air bases as they were making obstruction to fighter planes. And the plan succeeded to such an extent that because of the threat of monkeys damaging their nests on the  trees nearby such air bases, the birds around, permanently migrated from these locations. As well when the Chinese soldiers knew that kites’ types pre birds are being used by their respective enemy for spying then they shot down every flying bird in their sky thinking it may be a spy bird with a camera mounted on it & I don’t blame Chinese soldiers as we too would have done the same thing in our side of the border!

And then war is not just about using Kites & Monkeys as all around the world every country’s defence teams has been & are engaged in research of use of animals, fish & birds (even virus & insects) to win the war. This is not just some Hollywood movie’s script (though it’s been shown in many movies, animals used for army warfare) but a known truth which is seldom discussed as this is directly related to respective country’s nation security & once you say that word then all tongues get locked within their mouth & the brains behind those tongues get shut, is the scene whichever the country may be! Agreed, we humans are the most evolved species & for thousands of years we have used animals from other species for making our life comfortable & in many cases they have been taken good care also though still for die hard animal lovers that is unjust. We have been using dogs for fighting terrorism & detecting drugs as well explosives & that has saved thousand of human lives is also a fact. Horses & Camels are an inherent part of patrolling at the borders of our country & they too have been an important part of our defence systems. Similarly, we have been using elephants & donkeys also for para military works & all such acts at some levels are justifiable as dogs, horses, donkeys, elephants are domestic animals & many of these jobs are carried out in controlled conditions such as airports or city crime scenes. Yet imagine the dog which recently got shot in encounter with terrorists in Kashmir, does the poor fellow even realized why he has been shot for or how to protect itself from gunfire or a bomb blast! You can train a dog to detect some explosive or find a terrorist by smell but can you teach a dog to survive on its own the way we the humans are trained for? As well while a soldier is patrolling on the back of a horse or a camel then that soldier has a gun to protect his life as well has a bulletproof jacket & ear buds to protect eardrums from the sound blasts, & more than that a human soldier is trained & understand what war means, can we teach this to a horse or a donkey?

Imagine an eagle or a falcon happily wandering high in the sky & getting shot down just because some human wearing some uniform on the ground with a gun in hand thinks this bird can be an enemy to his country, Modiji what are we doing to nature? If with this speed entire prey birds are wiped from the borders of our country this will imbalance the life cycle in many habitats. And today its Kites & Falcons being trained by our military, tomorrow it will be Dolphins & day after some genius can think using Tigers & Leopards carrying bombs & sending into enemy camps, or using Cheetahs as runners behind enemy lines as they can run faster than any human & are undetectable to metal scanners & can move in the dark, & what next? More importantly do we understand what path we are creating for our next generations by using other species for our wars & more importantly who gave us this right to make other species as part of our war with our defined enemies, is the question I want to ask, not just you three but to all the leaders of the world! I repeat I don’t say neglect our country’s safety but Sir on one side we are hosting G20 summit saying its One Earth but on other side we are proudly (read as conveniently) forcing our war on the mother nature by using animals, birds, fish for our warfare tactics, what kind of “One Earth” we are building! Already on the wildlife conservation front not just Kites but every wildlife specie is fighting their own war of survival with entire human species & losing it everyday & on top of it we are now making them use their powers (read as their survival skills by nature) for our wars, is this how we define “Wasudhaiv Kutumbakam”!

On a very personal note since I have read that article I started feeling guilty of being human (read as cursing myself) & that’s why I choose to write you three, as our Hon President is Chief of all our Defence Units, & she herself is  a tribal lady (by birth) which are supposedly not just close to the nature but are protector of the forests too! And you two i.e. Modiji & Amit Shahji, you come from a region which taught entire world “Ahinsa” (No violence) & “BhhotDaya” (Apathy towards every living animal), then how can all three of you allow use of wild animals (read as any animal) in our warfare, is I want to ask you as an individual! Hon PM Sir & President Madam, you must stop this practice in our country & take a lead to ban use of any animal in warfare tactics all over the world, as only that will make us a true & deserving host of G20 & to use the tag line “One Earth”, mind it!

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Sanjay Deshpande 

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