Saturday, May 19, 2007

Orangutan in the august house

The forum on environmental protection was just about to start. Panel participants are from Uganda, USA, India and Malaysia. The panelists are Nkrokodal Kusewa, Samuel Hutch, R. Ramachandran, and Lim Kit Siang. The chairman, Mr Karam Singh Walia of Malaysia, called each one in turn to talk about his country’s record on conservation of wild life.

“Why, in Uganda we have a great track record of wild life conservation. Every crocodile is tagged and every lion is also tagged. We track their movements and ensure that they are not threatened by poachers,” said Mr Kusewa from Uganda. “We know exactly the number of live lions and crocs in Uganda,” continued Kusewa.

“Thank you, Mr Kusewa. Now let’s hear from the USA,” said the chairman.

“In the USA, we care too much about the bison on our prairies. We also monitor their movements and breeding habits. Recently three new calves were born, and we are proud that the bison is gonna roam our plains again,” says Mr Hutch of the USA.

Not to be outdone, Mr Ramachandran listed three things about his conservation of the Indian tiger, when he said: “We in India love our tiger. So, we are now watching three major aspects:
• Elimination of all kinds of human activity in the core zones and minimization of activity in the buffer zone.
• Assessing the damage done to the eco-system by human activity and efforts to recover it to its original form.
• Monitoring the changes taking place and studying the reasons for the same.”

When Mr Lim Kit Siang’s turn came, the Malaysian rep said: “We in Malaysia are concerned about the fate of the orangutan. So concerned that we even have a few of them allocated seats in our legislature, the august house!”

At that point in time, someone from the floor blurted out: “RRRRRRRRay-cist!!”

“Oh, Mr Chairman, let me introduce to you, Mr Nazri Aziz!” said Lim Kit Siang.

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