Monkeys, on Jammu Udhampur highway,is a common feature nowadays.we dragged, these nature loving creatures,from their natural habitat,to roads.
we played with their living pattern,their natural instincts,their ecological adaptation,and made them,completely dependent, on the sheer mercy of mankind.
While travelling,in buses,private vehicles and other modes of transport,we feed them with different types of food items,and think, that we are doing a great service to the nature,instead,if we think logically, on this grave issue,we are actually, doing a disservice.
We have ruined, the very basic purpose of wild life conservation,by destroying;firstly,their natural habitat;and secondly;their food cycle.
Some people feed them,on the basis of,some kind of, a religious myth.How far they are religiously correct,is a million dollar question.
But,whatever the case may be,we are grossly responsible for the destruction of this mammalian species.So many monkeys get crushed on the road,and are killed,on day to day basis.what social or religious service,can this be termed as?
I, had once,met the, then chief wild life warden,jammu,Mr.Lalit Sharma,who,himself, was aware of this monkey menace,created by the mankind,and assured every possible measures to be taken in this regard.He assured that, he would organize camps,where they could educate the people,from all walks of life,about the unethical feeding of monkeys on the roads.He said, that his department has already put sign boards,requesting people,not to feed monkeys,and that, they would increase the number of such sign boards,in the near future.
But,having said all this,I still feel, that it is the prime duty of every responsible citizen,to work towards,safeguarding these monkeys,who,we need,very direly,to preserve the ecological balance in the nature.
“A good step towards NATURE,will make us,walk FREE.”