Alarming news
A news item published in The Daily Star (Dec 22) drew my attention. The news was about a private zoo of Mr Sitesh Babu of Srimongal, Moulavibazar, and the report was a very alarming one. Mr Sitesh Babu has a private zoo without any permission from the proper authority. Nobody has the right to cage wild animals. Mr Sitesh has caught a lot of critically endangered animals from the nearer forest and kept them illegally in cages in his private zoo. I heard that Mr Sitesh Babu was a conservationist but this enthusiastic news unmasked him. There was a poacher behind the mask of an animal conservationist. A few days ago his pet dogs killed a tiger that came from the forest into the village for food which news was published in maximum newspapers.
I hope the authority responsible will consider the matter and send all these endangered animals to Dhaka National Zoo for better care and management.
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