Dear Fred, There is always a need to separate chaff from the grain. A lot of self-appointed experts have taken over the news routes and columns in news papers. History, art, culture,language and politics can flow through one 'expert'. Most of these experts are actually 'enthusiats' who are enthusiatic about being famous and in the public eye,if not public consciousness. Herein lies the problem.
Half inch tacks become three inch nails, six trees get cloned into a hundred trees; the word 'Porvorim ' evolves from 'parvat'[ I, for one, think it is a miss-pronunciation of the word 'Parvati' by the colonial Portuguese who found it difficult to pronounce 'ti' and made it 'rim'].One school in Alto Porvorim even spells the word as 'Parvari'. Goa Suraj could possibly de-saffronize the word...and the school. None of us may be anywhere close to the truth. The same principle applies to your posting, > Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 03:07:03 +0530 (IST) > From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Goanet]Wildlife in Goa... > There's a spurt in the spotting of wildlife beyond their places of > habitation in Goa. The incidents at Sinquerim and Agaciam are recent ones. > Others point out how they are seeing animals and birds they never saw > before. A colleague from Madkai (Ponda taluka) says the villagers are > coming across peacocks for the first time. This happened after an > industrial estate was set up on a local hill, though the connection if any > is not quite clear. > > Would it be accurate to say that the destruction of the habitat has led to > wildlife moving into human areas? Wildlife enthusiasts here are taking > such a point of view, but the forest officials don't agree. FN > > PS: Sadly, the foxes which the village I stay in (Saligao) was once famous > for, have vanished within my living memory. As schoolkids, we would often > cross a fox standing in the fields en route to Parra. On a quiet night, we > would hear the foxes howling ... and the elders would frighten us about > their presence. My daughter will have to live only with narrations. > Comments and other perspectives welcome. > The number of peacocks has definitely risen in Goa. I have come across peacocks on the road at Valpoi, Siolim, Ganeshpuri ['Goa Housing Board Colony-Mapusa', if one belongs to the 'standardizing party'] and even on Saligao hill below the Saligao Seminary[which,incidentally is located in Pilerne village] and Porvorim[ no such town or village in Goa...it is spread over the panchayats of Soccoro,Penha da Franca,Salvador do Mundo,Pilerne and Sangolda, depending on where your site is located]. A contributory factor to this is the much maligned Australian acacia [Acacia auriculiformis] plantations under Social Forestry and other projects. It provides wildlife shade and cover...and privacy to multiply. The dumping of edible wastes around industrial estates may be a contributory factor. Hindustan Lever, Nestle and other companies will have such wastes. Waste water will also attract thirsty wild life. Frogs and insects that breed in overflowing soak pits and septic tanks will attract the lower carnivores. You may get foxes at the Pilerne Industrial estate ,coming to buy jewellery from Intergold. Kuch bi ho sakta hai! All this needs studies. I am hardly the right person. Perhaps someone Knowledgeable from the academic world can help. 'Experts' like property brokers, please excuse. Viva Goa. Miguel --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.543 / Virus Database: 337 - Release Date: 11/21/2003 ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
