Put the sick Rhino to sleep
Malaysia's New Straits Times published a horrible picture of the lone Great One-horned Rhinoceros in Dhaka Zoo under its news caption 'Bangladesh zoo management face charges of serious incompetence' published on 18th September 2009[vide the internet site: http://www.nst.com.my
/Current_News/NST/articles/ 20090918145003/ Article/index_html].
If one looks at the picture taken sometime in mid-September he or she would be able to count the number of ribs as because the Rhino seems to be too emaciated, malnourished and very, very sick.
As a zoologist, oldest Bangladeshi zoo manager, nature lover, and a law abiding citizen as well as an expatriate helping the government to enrich its exchequer, I urge upon the government to take immediate steps for mercy-killing of the Rhino to save it from its untold sufferings that should not be tolerated in a modern society.
However, if the authorities decide to put the Rhino to sleep they must form a committee with veterinary surgeons and persons from Vet Med professions, who are not attached to Dhaka Zoo, possibly private veterinary doctors and human surgeons, MOEF secretary, secretary of fisheries and livestock services as members to determine the real cause of the sickness of this very rare animal. Also this committee will oversee that its every part is being studied in veterinary laboratories of different agricultural universities and private laboratories for gaining knowledge so that they can avoid future mistakes and its bones are preserved for a national museum to be studied by students and researchers. It is to be remembered that none of the Bangladeshi Vets are likely to get a second chance to make an autopsy or post mortem of another Rhino in their lifetime.
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