Thursday, 19 April 2012

Why this kolaveri, man?

Under fire: Spanish King Juan Carlos (right), pictured during a previous elephant hunting trip in Africa, has come in for criticism
Austerity, what's that? Spanish King Juan Carlos slammed for
£27,000 elephant hunting trip as his country drowns in debt
and half of the youngsters are jobless. Check here

Since the time cavemen were fleeing from the feared mammoth and sabre-toothed tigers, they have continually sought ways to control their predators. So, they used their thinking caps and their God-given sixth sense to outwit them, to the extent that humans now dominate most of the planet and have driven many of those animals into hiding or extinction. The closest most people come to animals today is either through eating them, keeping them as pets, or when they pay to see them in cages.

Even in this age and era, when we are expected to be civilised and cultured, some individuals take pleasure in shooting animals just because they can - not for their food, hide, or self-defence — and display their kill for others to awe!

Bengal Tiger floored
A notorious man-eating tigress known as Champawat (pictured above) killed around 200 men and women before being driven out of Nepal. She moved to another part of India and continued her killing spree, reaching a total of 436 victims before she was finally tracked down and killed in 1911. The Champawat tigress, like most man-eaters, was extremely cunning, and she was only found by Jim Corbett because he followed the trail of blood she left after killing her last victim, a 16-year-old girl. 


 
Photograph showing the Prince of Wales, holding a rifle, posing with members of his party and a dead tiger, during his tour of India, 1875-76.




An advertisement on their webpage screams:
Wishbone Outfitters offers 2-day Trophy Bison hunts alone or in combination with our Trophy Elk hunts. No license is required for this hunt. Our bison package includes experienced guides, capeing, field dressing, as well as lodging and meals. Taxidermy and meat cutting are available locally.

3 comments:

  1. I wish the tiger wakes up and attack.

    I got a shock when I saw the word Kolaveri.... what happenned?? When he became the fan of Danuesh??

    Gosh... it carries a diferent meaning of course!

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    1. I have given up on Tamil movies. I thought they promote good values and moderation with God as the witness and sacrifice for better of others and societal values. I used to encourage my kids to watch 'em. Till... Came 'Boyz'! My views took a 180 degrees turn- a movie which encourages teenage kids to elope with their boyfriends/ girlfriends, marry, start life without education. And the spate of violent movies where even the heroine (Thirupacchi)- Trisha slithers out a machete from her back in an intimate moment in the name of honour killing! Even the serials are along that line - vengeance, greed, cheating, murder, adultery -all the values detrimental to mankind!

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  2. I left watching taml movies long ago. I feel it is ajn insult to my intelligence. Sometime I don't have any common topic to talk with my Indian friends where they still idolize them . SMC students like to follow talk movie dialogue ..... where most of the time I don't understand what they are talking about. Very irritating . Serial is worst...... amma like to follow....where the exaggerate small thing where full of jealousy, revenge and as yuu said it.... always finding fault with others....

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