Green Hopes: How is Chokey now?

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

How is Chokey now?

Remember Chokey? He is the handsome orangutan my daughter fell in love with. Actually, everyone who sees him adores him. I love him too. Knowing him has been an eye opening experience and most educational about how fragile life is for the wild in Malaysia and around the world. Even convicted prisoners who are kept in jail are served their rights and privileges. But many innocent animals caged up are at our mercy. Many have criticized zoos around the world for some of the terrible living conditions and abuses. But truly, the blame is on all of us. The animals have lost their habitats, the human greed is ravaging the earth and exactly how can we stop this massacre. That is exactly what is happening. So, what can everyone do? We always read and hear that everything has to start with “ME”! Yes, me! I educate my children and in the process discovering so many new things myself. I learnt and discovered a lot of things I never knew before. I thought I was teaching my children.... I was actually learning. And learning through the eyes of my children has been as real as can be.... so pure and honest about how they truly feel about life and all things living in it.

So, back to Chokey, our darling. We don’t get to see him as we use to. He is older and bigger now and for the safety of all parties, he is in his little cage..... I mean really little. This photo, I took a few months back, says it all. The enclosure is about five feet by 10 feet wide, or narrow should I say. You don’t get to see him, not even his shadow if you visit the Zoo Negara because he is not in the exhibit area but a holding cage because there aren't enough funds to build exhibit enclosures for all the animals and there are many many more animals caged up in these small cages. Zoo Negara needs public support (there are some really good people working there) and kind donations from the public would really help.We also need serious commitment from government heads if we want to be a nation of caring and loving people and be guardians of this beautiful earth and all its creatures.

Just a friendly reminder...... Reduce, Reuse, Recycle ..... Rethink!

-Rossiti Aishah Rashidi-

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Introduction

This is my first time on the blog. I am Rossiti Aishah Rashidi, a mother of five wonderful children. Siti Hani is my third child and she is just amazingly loving and caring towards animals. My other children are also animal lovers.

This blog is created in order to understand what “Green Hopes” is about and what does “being green” means.

“Green Hopes” as the word itself translates, an optimistic outlook for the future. Only if we desire enough and work hard enough to care for Mother Earth and all its creatures, only then we can make sure that Mother Earth can provide for her creatures now and forever. We need fresh water, good food and a clean environment to flourish. Our animal friends need their habitats protected so they can have a good home, plenty of water and good food.

Everything we do has an impact on the Earth whether it is the food we eat, how we live and play, the toys we play with, or the clothes we wear. All these come from planet Earth. How they are made and how much of them we use is very important to our environment.

So every day, please act green and continue to make “Green Hopes” alive and well. Let’s take the green steps to lessen our impact on Earth. To take green steps is as simple as following the three R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. By taking these steps we can protect our planet and all her creatures.

If we love our family, care for our friends, treasure our children and continue to admire nature, we must be guardians of our environment instead of being agents of destruction.

-Rossiti Aishah Rashidi-