Brutal act.

Killing hundreds of Indian darter birds, which had nestled in a tree in front of the Alappuzha south police station by the municipal workers, is a brutal act. They chopped branches of the tree and tiny chicks were thrown out from the nests and killed.

The social forest department’s complaint to the police to take action against the workers, who cut the tree and killed the birds, is of no use. The municipal authority which issued orders to cut the tree is a conglomeration of heartless thugs.

The act of showing cruelty a to birds, animals and trees is akin to being cruel to our own kin. The municipal authorities deserve no pardon.

K A Solaman
Published by The New Indian Express on 7 Sept 2013