Peacock is our
National Bird. Then why the authorities are turning a blind eye towards its being
endangered? Vendors selling peacock
feather and items made out of it is a common sight at many busy places like bus
stations, shopping malls etc., in different cities of India. To me it is a
painful experience to watch huge quantities of this item being carried by the
vendors for being sold. One wonders why
the sale of this item is not banned. Is
it not ridiculous? Is it possible to
collect such a huge quantity without killing the peacock? Answer is NO.
Anyone claims that these had fallen from the bodies of peacocks, there
will be no takers for the same. It is intriguing that the authorities concerned remain silent spectators when its National
Bird is being butchered..
Being a nature lover,
I could not resist the temptation of enquiring from one such vendor regarding
his native place. He told me that he
hails from U.P. which implies that these feather was collected from U.P. I happened to see a news item in the press
sometime back regarding the arrest of a peacock feather vendor in some city in
northern India. May be it was an
isolated case. Or else how the sale of the same is still going on?
Recently, I got very upset
on seeing a vendor with huge quantity of
peacock feather at Bangalore Motor Transport Corporation Station,
Majestic. On spotting him, I contacted
the office bearer of Organization Against Cruelties of Animals and brought the
same to his notice. His reaction was not
helpful. In fact he tried to pass on the
buck to me asking me to question that vendor and then complain to police. My point that I do not have the authority for
the same did not have any avail.
Will good sense will
prevail on the authorities even at this hour to intervene and ban the sale of
peacock feather and items made out of it and take stringent action against
those violating the same is the moot question.
Otherwise no one can be in doubt that it will not be too long before
peacock faces extinction in India. Are
the authorities pretending to be sleeping?
Who is bothered about it any way?
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