UPDATES: Baby Paloh has been freed!! But please continue to source out any form of animal cruelty and send the news to me – I’ll post it here and we can collectively do something constructive about it.
For one who doesn’t even have the time to read the newspapers or listen to the news, I am totally guilty of now knowing what is going on in the world around me except whatever I have direct contact with (unless it’s a big enough event like Bersih!). So, I would really appreciate all of you writing to me if there are any cases worth highlighting on this blog.
Jessie Yee highlighted this case to me – it is about Baby Paloh, a baby elephant who is not treated fairly and not treated well by our authorities.
Here it is:
Baby Paloh is a baby elephant in the run down johor zoo that has his legs chained up. He can barely move, only inches & is left under the sun throughout the day. The authorities claim that this is baby paloh’s training regime & that he is not chainedup all day..not that i trust our local authorities’ words in any sense. I wonder whether baby paloh is an elephant or a criminal who has to be chained up like that!!!
Baby Paloh’s case is creating headlines is other countries & an FB page has been set-up. Foreigners have also been actively writing to authorities, embassies & our the PM to have baby Paloh rescued & released. Many foreigners have even pledged never to visit Msia & i don’t blame them.
I hope you can write about BAby Paloh & urge Malaysians to act on this case by writing to the authorities. This is close to my heart as I used to have a sponsored elephant Max in Thailand who passed away 2 years ago. I hope to be able to do my little bit to help baby paloh in memory of Max.
Here are some links on baby paloh & the FB page:
https://www.facebook.com/
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/
Many thanks
Jessie
Yes, let’s do the necessary to give Baby Paloh a better life. He deserves it. We must help….because we can.
Please do the needful.
Comments
One response to “Baby Paloh’s case (a baby elephant needs OUR help)”
Dr Chan, thank you for highlighting baby paloh's plight. I checked on paloh's update this morning & apparently he has been freed, big hooray! However, i'm stil not convinced that the authorities will & can do the right thing.
This article about Johor Zoo appeared in NST today, painting a beutiful picture of the animals in Zoo. The article also claims that baby Paloh is very good with children.
http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/Zoofeaturesbirdandanimalshows/Article
Eventhough baby paloh & jeli are no longer chained, i hope that we can still continue to pressure the state govt & authorities to improve the living condition of these animals.