Poulomee Basu
Zebra Panorama, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
Celebrating the World Wildlife Day with this zebra panorama.
We all celebrate a dozen of these key ‘days’ in a year. Birthdays, anniversaries, valentines, Mother’s day; so on and so forth. But the whole point of these days is to set aside some time and think about that particular relationship. So what is our relationship with wildlife? For most of us city dwellers, probably none at all. We watch them on TV occasionally, marvel at their adaptability and beauty and move on. But once you are in a truly wild place, and by that I don’t mean a weekend in the woods, but no phone signal or toilets kinda wilderness, the kind which makes you not care about how you look or photograph but only about how you feel, that’s when you realise how inter-connected we all are. Humans, animals, nature. We are all parts of a magnificent whole.
Our need for food and habitation is pushing all our wild places to breaking point, alarmingly exacerbated by climate change. The only hope these animals have is if we pause, listen and experience these places before they are gone. And then become wildlife champions; raise awareness, talk about conservation and climate change in our homes and offices, make sure we make responsible choices whether going to supermarket to buy noodles or choosing to leave the extra lights on when we don’t need them. And above all promising never to buy products which exploit wild animals and are pushing them to extinction; ivory, rhino horn, pangolin scales, lion hide, tiger wine, zebra skin, shark fin, whale meat, anything at all.
It’s all connected people, and each and every one of us can make a difference.
For more nature and wildlife photos check out my instagram:
Zebra Panorama, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
Celebrating the World Wildlife Day with this zebra panorama.
We all celebrate a dozen of these key ‘days’ in a year. Birthdays, anniversaries, valentines, Mother’s day; so on and so forth. But the whole point of these days is to set aside some time and think about that particular relationship. So what is our relationship with wildlife? For most of us city dwellers, probably none at all. We watch them on TV occasionally, marvel at their adaptability and beauty and move on. But once you are in a truly wild place, and by that I don’t mean a weekend in the woods, but no phone signal or toilets kinda wilderness, the kind which makes you not care about how you look or photograph but only about how you feel, that’s when you realise how inter-connected we all are. Humans, animals, nature. We are all parts of a magnificent whole.
Our need for food and habitation is pushing all our wild places to breaking point, alarmingly exacerbated by climate change. The only hope these animals have is if we pause, listen and experience these places before they are gone. And then become wildlife champions; raise awareness, talk about conservation and climate change in our homes and offices, make sure we make responsible choices whether going to supermarket to buy noodles or choosing to leave the extra lights on when we don’t need them. And above all promising never to buy products which exploit wild animals and are pushing them to extinction; ivory, rhino horn, pangolin scales, lion hide, tiger wine, zebra skin, shark fin, whale meat, anything at all.
It’s all connected people, and each and every one of us can make a difference.
For more nature and wildlife photos check out my instagram: