Stolen tiger cubs
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The appearance of 3 tiger cubs in Shyamoli is as mysterious as their disappearance in recent times of many adults of human race. This including 70 lac other items are ready for cold storage as there is no one accountable. Therefore, TDS deserves praise for keeping the picture of the tiger cubs on the front pages. Some pertinent questions keep cropping up in my curious mind. 1) Where is the cubs-napper who certainly risked death, had the police caught him? 2) Initially, he confessed, that a VIP of the forest department was the buyer. Quite logical, if there is record of dealings in the past. Why is that part not mentioned now? 3) Have the cub-nappers' accomplices and associates been nabbed? 4) Is it not amazing that the precious cubs risked death in multiple hands, because no one dared to take responsibility for a week? 5) Since the Dhaka Zoo buys exotic animals from all over the world, why then they did not come forth immediately? Do they not have basic know-how of taking care of cubs separated from their mother? 6) What next? For what it is worth, I refer to two recent documentaries I saw on National Geographic: 1. An enterprising South African has raised two tiger cubs and trained them to live in the wild. Tigers in Africa!! 2. Monks in a monastery in northern Thailand receive orphan tiger cubs and raise them to adulthood. Can't we send them there? I fear for their well-being at the hands of our callous decision-makers, considering the value of tiger parts!
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