Is control enough on wild animals and stray dogs?
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The violence of stray dogs is making life miserable in every corner of the country. Even the elderly and babies sleeping in their cribs inside the house are being bitten by stray dogs. Many people have had to give up their morning walk due to dog attacks, and the number of road accidents and deaths due to them is increasing day by day. The terror spread by wild animals has been robbing the sleep in the hilly and forest border areas for days. Workers, including the tribals, hungry for food and who have to come out to earn their daily livelihood, are returning to the villages lifeless after being trampled by elephants and bitten by tigers. The grievances about the destruction of agricultural crops by wild animals are endless. People are constantly complaining about this. They are also owners of the land, and humans must be allowed to live in this land, as they implore authorities, seeking permission to shoot and kill at first sight. Lack of food, diseases and other biological problems are what prompt dogs and wild animals to attack and bite humans.
But are they the only two groups that threaten the survival and peaceful life of the human race? Let's put aside for the time being the endless wars, infanticides and ethnic cleansing that are happening globally. If we, who seek protection for humans from the harm of animals, try to count the number of homicides that have taken place in Kerala alone in the last few days, owe ne will see that every number on the calendar is red with blood. A young man, the hope of a family, was crushed to death by a vehicle for not giving way to a vehicle by officials who receive salaries from the public treasury to ensure security and law and order in the country. Apart from vehicle accidents, clashes and friction over not giving way have become another threat on the roads. More brutal than the mindless animals that cross the forest line, culprits break through fences and walls and commit acts of violence in housing premises and incidents of human beings committing atrocities without giving any consideration to the innocent people living together under the same roof - parents, siblings, life partners, children who are unaware of the lies and hypocrisy of the world - are increasing every day. There is no need to recount the tragedies that have shaken our hearts. Having lost all sense of calm, simplicity, and love for fellow beings, we humans today have become irritable, angry, and expressive; we love only ourselves. Our nerves are tense like bombs that could explode at any moment. We don't even need any particular reason to get angry or to attack our fellow beings. The ubiquitous availability of alcohol and drugs adds to this threat. There was a recent incident of violence in Kerala over not greeting someone on the roadside, and even if they don't get a salad and a pappadum during a meal, a fight will break out. The insults, slanderous campaigns and attacks on the cyber streets are more disgusting than the street fights. These atrocities should be assessed and addressed as a continuing decline in the moral and humane consciousness of the Malayali people, as well as their mental health.
As Kerala competes to come out on top in all other indices, the state either neglects to ensure that mental health and humanity are in good shape, or it deliberately covers up this decline. This neglect is undermining all the good things that the land has inculcated. It is heard that the electric fence will be expanded in the coming days to prevent the entry of wild animals. The state education department has prepared a plan to teach moral lessons to children in the first weeks of the academic year that will begin next month. All these are reassuring measures. But who will teach morals and ethics to adults who believe themselves to be capable of anything? How will they learn to value the lives and dignity of their fellow creatures?
