World Image issue 30 March 2016_1

Wildlife of the World
Land Animals
When reviewing the wildlife of our planet it is easy
to believe that they will always be with us. Sadly
much of the wildlife is endangered, slaughtered for
misguided beliefs, or to make coats and ornaments.
The bottom line is that greed for possession and
profit will eventually destroy much of our heritage
and, while everyone talks the talk about protecting
it, few will actually do anything.
Even now, most of those in government and even
some of those who are being paid to protect the wild
places and animals, are taking bribes to allow their
slaughter.
But of course this latter option does not inflate their
personal wealth.
This problem is not confined to the rhino, tiger
bones will not improve your virility, if you can’t
perform take Viagra.
I have mentioned elsewhere about correctly stating
when pictures are wildlife. This is equally as
important with animals. It is not a social
requirement to state where an image was taken, the
importance is in the picture, but if they are to be
presented as wildlife then that is what they must be.
The picture of the rhino butt is not classed as
wildlife, it was taken at a zoo and inspite of the title
of this article I have used it to send a message.
Tigers by Nam Prasad Satsangi
We all know of the tiger, you may be like me and
love the mystic of all the big cats. My own
preferences start with the Tiger and Snow Leopard.
One dead rhino can provide a few individuals with
lots of gold, it will provide the government with
$25,000 in revenue from the licence fee. Wow.
One live rhino will bring in 1000 tourists each
spending a minimum of $2000 in the local economy,
Thus investing $2,000.000 in the economy WOW.
Leopard by Nam Prasad Satsangi
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