Dear all, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wild-Life), Assam, Assam Forest Department is proposing an experiential project to dehorn the rhinos in Assam as conservation measure. They are asking public opinion on or before 30th of March 2014 in this regard. The opinions can be send to < [email protected]> by email or to "Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wild-Life), Assam, Assam Forest Department, Basistha, Guwahati-29, Assam" by post.
We believe that trimming the horns of rhinoceros can not stop illegal poaching of rhinoceros. It may have negative impact on rhino's normal physiology, or psychological status. We, strongly oppose the proposal of doing experiments by dehorning rhinoceros as a conservatory measure. 'Asomiyat Kotha-botora' a facebook group consisted of more than 15000 members across the globe is preparing an online petition opposing this unethical proposal by the PCCF, Assam. I request you all to sign this petition with your short comments and contact address by clicking the following URL. Copy of this petition will also be sent to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India, World Wildlife Fund, Ministry of Environment & Forests, India and United Nations Environment Programme etc. https://www.change.org/petitions/principal-chief-conservator-of-forests-wild-life-assam-don-t-trim-horns-of-rhinoceros We would also appreciate if someone living in USA (FASS officials) comes forward to help us to send this letter with all collected signatures to the World Wildlife Fund, 1250 24th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20037. Best regard, On behalf of 'Asomiyat Kotha-botora' group Pankaj Barah Cell Molecular Biology and Genomics Group http://boneslab.bio.ntnu.no/wordpress/ Norwegian University of Science & Technology (NTNU), Realfagbygget, Room no.: DU1-172 N-7491, Trondheim,Norway E.mail: [email protected] Homepage: http://www.ntnu.edu/employees/pankaj.barah _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
