Thursday, 1 March 2018
Kasihanilah Haiwan
Kasihanilah
Haiwan
Kasihanilah Haiwan ini.
Mereka juga berhak untuk hidup di atas muka bumi Allah dengan aman. Janganlah
bersikap zalim kepada mereka. Kita manusia diutus Allah sebagai khalifah di
muka bumi bertanggungjawab mentadbir bumi untuk haiwan dan tumbuhan hidup aman
di atasnya... Bukan manusia diutus di atas muka bumi untuk melakukan kerosakan kebinasaan
dan bukan pula manusia diutus di atas muka bumi untuk melakukan porak peranda
kekejaman.
Picture source: The Star
Plastic bags become a political issue after a
General Elections promise
WWF-Malaysia has cautioned against the proposal by Selangor Barisan
Nasional to stop the 20-sen fee to discourage plastic bag pollution.
Selangor’s Barisan Nasional (BN) information chief Satim Diman said on Feb
18 that their manifesto included a promise to stop making shoppers pay 20 sen
for plastic bags if BN wins Selangor in the coming General Elections (GE14).
Selangor BN chairman Tan Sri Noh Omar added that “it was a burden” for
consumers in the state to pay 20 sen for each single-use plastic bag
WWF Malaysia’s chief executive Datuk Dr Dionysius SK Sharma said that while
political parties have the right to make such promises, he hoped that the
administrative system will do the right thing.
“We can see the world over how single use plastics have had terrible
effects on nature and biodiversity,” he said.
“It is not about political parties. They can say anything, it is their
prerogative. It is about governments, local, state and federal governments that
matter. Any responsible government should solve this problem,” he added.
Picture source: The Star
To safeguard the environment from the deluge of plastic waste, the Selangor
state government had imposed a 20 sen fee for those who want a plastic bag with
their purchases, starting Jan 1, 2017.
The state also barred vendors from using polystyrene foam boxes to pack
food.
How Harmful Is Plastic?
Plastic garbage goes far beyond damaging the scenic beauty of our towns,
villages, rivers, waterfalls and beaches.
Animals, birds and fish who swallow plastic bags often suffer from blocked
intestines, which lead to long, slow and painful deaths.
At particular risk are marine turtles, which often mistake plastic bags as
their natural food of jellyfish. Many turtles have ended up literally starving
to death as their stomachs are choked up with plastic bags.
Researchers from the University of Queensland recently determined that
approximately 52% of the world’s sea turtles have eaten plastic, as reported in
greenerideal.com.
Birds can mistake the bags for fish or nesting materials. If their legs or
heads become entangled, it can prove fatal.
And of course, we Malaysians know that plastic bags often clog up our drains and rivers, which then worsen flash floods (and traffic jams) during heavy rains.
And of course, we Malaysians know that plastic bags often clog up our drains and rivers, which then worsen flash floods (and traffic jams) during heavy rains.
Plastic bags take hundreds of years to break down or decompose. That’s why
when they block drains, they must be cleaned up – and that costs taxpayer
ringgit too.
Plastic bags consume finite resources, including oil, in their creation.
According to some estimates, up to 100 million barrels of oil are needed to
make the world’s plastic bags each year, as the Daily Telegraph newspaper
notes. Yet, the typical usage of a plastic bag is just 20 minutes.
It’s Beyond Politics
However, Satim now proposes that the Selangor state government should build
its own plastic factory, and give out free plastic bags.
Dionysius said that Malaysia had signed up for the United Nation’s
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and we should thus play our part.
He pointed out that the BN-led federal government, through the Economic
Planning Unit (EPU) is preparing a roadmap on the SDGs and local environmental
NGOs, including WWF-Malaysia, have already been invited to contribute and give
inputs.
“We are on the right track already and must keep pushing forward on
responsible environmental management decisions,” he added.
The issue actually transcends the political divide as both BN and
opposition state governments are trying to deal with the impact of too many
plastic bags.
Currently, the opposition-controlled states of Selangor and Penang, as well
as the BN-led states of Malacca, Johor, and the Federal Territories of Kuala
Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya, have rules to discourage overuse of plastic bags.
Makanan dalam plastik Tak Selamat
Makanan
dalam plastik Tak Selamat
Ramai orang tidak kisah
makan dalam bekas plastik. Langkah kerajaan Selangor mengharamkan plastik
sangat terpuji dan adalah langkah sangat bijak dan tepat. Sekiranya negara
Filipina yang dahulunya lebih mundur daripada kita telah lama mengharamkan
penggunaan plastik dan mereka boleh menggunakan beg kertas sepenuhnya, kita
patut berasa insaf dan malu dan wajib sepatutnya telah lama sudah kita mengharamkan
penggunaan plastik bagi membungkus makanan atau membungkus apa apa barang bukan
makanan.
Ini kerana, bekas makanan
plastik yang memegang makanan anda dibuat daripada sebatian kimia minyak mentah
(crude oil). Polimernya tidak stabil dan boleh membebaskan bahan kimia
berbahaya yang dipanggil phtalates, dioxin dan sebagainya. Sebatian kimia ini
boleh menyebabkan penyakit jangka panjang seperti kanser, kerosakan saraf,
lembam dsbnya.
Sebatian kimia ini juga
dipanggil sebatian mengendala hormon ( Endocrines Disrupting Chemicals, EDCs )
kerana sifatnya EDCs dapat meniru dalam 70% stimulasi hormon wanita estrogen.
Akibatnya, anak lelaki anda cenderung menyerlahkan sifat kelembutan wanita
(menjadi pondan) dan anak perempuan anda terlajak cepat mendapat akil baligh
yang belum dan tidak lagi sampai umur matang yang sepatutnya... Dalam erti kata
lain : Pertumbuhan anak anda yang mendadak, cepat serta luarbiasa.... Apakah
sel sel yang sama dengan pertumbuhan mendadak ini? Tepat sekali iaitu kanser
kerana barah adalah pertumbuhan sel sel abNormal dengan cepat dan secara tidak
terkawal. Sel sel kanser mengaruh salur darah disekitarnya menjadi semakin
besar untuk memberikan makanan dan oksijen untuk kanser terus menerus
berproliferasi yakni membesar dan mengambil alih kedudukan sel sel yang
Normal!!!
Justeru beralihlah anda
semua ke pembalut makanan semulajadi alami dan haramkan penggunaan plastik.
Kasihanilah Haiwan
Kasihanilah
Haiwan
Kasihanilah Haiwan ini.
Mereka juga berhak untuk hidup di atas muka bumi Allah dengan aman. Janganlah
bersikap zalim kepada mereka. Kita manusia diutus Allah sebagai khalifah di
muka bumi bertanggungjawab mentadbir bumi untuk haiwan dan tumbuhan hidup aman
di atasnya... Bukan manusia diutus di atas muka bumi untuk melakukan kerosakan kebinasaan
dan bukan pula manusia diutus di atas muka bumi untuk melakukan porak peranda
kekejaman.
The cruelty of snare traps
THE YEAR has
not started well for our tigers. Barely two months into the new year, we have
already lost six tigers in the wild, including two cubs.
In the
latest incident just last Sunday, a tiger was caught in a snare meant for wild
boar near an orang asli village in Tapah, injuring its right front paw.
Perak
Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) director Rozidan Mohd
Yassin said the male tiger's paw was swollen, but the injury thankfully wasn't
serious.
However,
although the tiger remained healthy, he said that it was behaving aggressively
due to its new surroundings at the Sungkai National Wildlife Rescue Centre.
According to Perhilitan, the tiger is too dangerous to be released back into the wild following its encounter with humans.
So the poor tiger will to be confined to a cage for the rest of its life - due to the actions of humans who set the snare.
Wildlife
Conservation Society Malaysia director Dr Melvin Gumal said that hunters or
poachers would set snares to trap animals, as it is easier than hunting animals
individually.
Snares are
typically made from wire or cord in a noose, attached to a tree. It only
requires a slight touch to be triggered.
"Animals
suffer horribly as snares can be left unchecked for several days on end,"
Dr Melvin told The Star.
"Sometimes
we come across animals that fight to get out of snares and there are marks
ripped across the tree bark.
"And
there are times when animals die and their carcasses are found left on the
snares," he said.
Dr Melvin
said that snares are "non-discriminatory", meaning that any animal,
including endangered animals like tigers, can get caught in the trap.
"The
noose does not loosen. Animals that are caught, even large threatened species
like tigers, cannot get out," he said.
He said the
only way to free the animal is have it tranquillised and then remove the noose
manually.
Setting
snares are illegal. Those found having a snare can be fined RM100,000, jailed
three years or both.
Those found
guilty of laying the trap can be fined between RM50,000 and RM100,000, and jailed
two years.
Local
conservationist Wong Pui May said snare traps are "undeniably cruel and
cause a lot of harm".
She said
that some parties feel that the orang asli are being victimised by Perhilitan
or conservation groups for setting snares, but the issue is that wire snares
are illegal.
"Conservationists
and the orang asli actually have the same goal - to protect the forests and the
biodiversity it contains.
"An
important thing to consider would be that, thankfully, the orang asli man
called the police instead of a wildlife trader," said Wong.
"I
believe there are avenues for both sides to work together for the greater good
of Malaysian biodiversity," she said.
Rozidan said
Perhilitan was mulling action against the orang asli who set the trap.
"We have
urged the people, especially the orang asli, to stop laying these traps,"
he said.
"The
orang asli usually lay these traps and wait for about a week. If they do not
catch anything, they will just leave them there.
"Any
animals trapped later could die of stress and hunger," said Rozidan.
I commend
the orang asli for calling the wildlife authorities when they realised that
they caught one of our critically-endangered tigers.
I would like
to think that they didn't intend to catch the tiger, but with snares, you
always risk catching something other than what you expect to.
But
everyone, especially the orang asli, should be warned against using snares.
Not only are
they illegal – but also because it is a cruel method of hunting.
Friday, 16 February 2018
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