Barn Owl Hunted to Death and soon extinction?

[Shyamala Kumar]

Even looking at such a sight is agonizing itself.Most of our wildlife sanctuaries are a source of income and livelihood for the unemployed youth of the villages, that surround them.I don't think this particular youth realizes the gravity of his crime.In Tadoba the guides and drivers openly admitted to poaching bamboo.The only way to realistic conservation is to actively involve these youngsters in these efforts, and to make conservation a source of employment to them.The exploding population in these villages coupled with absence of education, in the real sense of the word, adds to the magnitude of a problem, that our politicians , do not even acknowledge . CNN IBN has a program called the citizen journalist show.This particularly horrifying image could be presented as a conservation problem and bring about some awareness atleast.