Giant Leap

Amidst the news of widespread malpractices in forests, endangering flora and fauna at large, the news of rise of elephant population in Kaziranga National Park by around 200 over 2002-2005, comes as something pleasant and heartening. After all, the takers of ivory must have got humanised enough to spare these animals. The forest administrators too must have done their job sincerely. Kaziranga elephants should show the way to others as well. Corruption in the forests should end once for all. One need not destroy the forest ecosystem to further one's avaricious economic interests, that too at the expense of law. One hopes that other animal censuses also reveal such healthy trends. Long live humanity and long live animals!