Dear tiger,
First of all, sorry for disturbing you for you might be too busy saving your own ass.Poachers population is increasing by the day .Blame it on the Govt,for this mass unemployment is driving men to frenzy.Holding a gun & shooting down tigers seems to serve two purposes.It brings down their frustration & also provides employment.Oh! by the way the reason for writing this letter is that i saw a campaign by a cellular company for your conservation some time back & i & other morons like me suddenly became aware of your presence.(Well bro, people here have enough problems of their own like petrol prices being raised,sucking jobs with no raises since, say like a decade,France getting outta the world cup early & their money being wasted on worthless flop films week after week.
They surely don't have time to worry about a four legged striped animal running around crying for survival)But suddenly you seem to be everywhere,on newspapers,t.v. channels,posters,billboards & where not.All of a sudden T V channels started showing blemishes in govt policies,incresed poaching,uncontrolled tourism & illegal establishments within the sanctuaries that were probable reasons of your dwindling number.It all started so suddenly that it came as a shock to me. Where were these guys some years back?The ad said just 1411 left.But why did they wait till 1411?However after this inital shock boredom crept in.
The so called voices of concern that are crying out so loud for your protection that it is increasing the levels of sound pollution,were on mute mode sometime back.Why , because back then there was no glamour associated to your cause.When suddenly a company puts your face on the billboards on every nook & corner of the country,everyone else joins in.Dude, congrats because today you are the new blank check which everyone wants to cash in.The brand tiger is generating quite a'oh's & 'omg's today.But are these efforts whether selfish or not going to help you. OK,OK stop laughing. It wasn't that good a joke.After all we humans cannot help our own cause ,how can we help yours.Do not pin your hopes on us because we are the ones who put you there in the first place.In a world where man's life has become a cheap affair upholding your cause can be a messy one(Do not confuse with Lionel Messi for Christ's sake)
We humans are a dangerous breed.hypocrisy is in our blood.For all these campaigning,documentaries,policies atre made to create a feel good factor,to say that world is still worth living at.To create a feeling of hope that something is being done somewhere.But alas!
On one hand we put a nice little act showing that we we will do anything for your conservation,on the other hand we create an environment with enough tools to screw you.Mindless industrialization,deforestation in the name of urban development,pollution & our ever increasing materialistic hunger are not exactly acts of conservation.We sign protocols,shout over roof tops regarding our pledge for wildlife conservation ,write lengthy documents & the next day we dump those protocols,treaties whatever in the dustbin.
I am sorry Mr tiger. We can't help you,because we are too busy killing each other.A time will come when we ourselves would be endangered & there would be no one campaigning for our survival.
Don't believe in our efforts for they are not a penny worth.Come next year when the ad remains the same with a different number denoting your population probably 701 hopefully keeping your & our optimism high.And when you get extinct the company will come up with a new endangered animal.Thankfully ,the number of animals awaiting extinction are many.So,there is no headache for the company.The government never had a headache anyways.Don't expect much from the people.People who forget about Babri,Bhopal,26/11 won't actually have a tough time forgetting you.
We are not fighting for you.You have to fight your own battle.Look closely between the lines.You are not battling for survival.You are battling for survival from us.
Now run, because we are right behind you.
