Laila Majnu The Importance of Wildlife
so
i’m ashdeep singh i’m from dilanda
punjab and i’m a budding wildlife
photographer
once i was traveling with my father who
is also a wildlife photographer took a
poothala punjab
i saw two spotted outlets sneaking
inside a pipe i told my dad but he
didn’t believe me
he thought i was mistaken but we waited
for twenty minutes
the owls didn’t show up my father looked
at me
and i requested him for 10 more minutes
as soon as i said that one out came out
and stood at the edge of the pipe
and after couple more minutes another
out also appeared the two spotted
outlets
huddled together at the opening of a old
waste pipe
and looked straight into my lens i
immediately requested my father’s camera
and telephoto lens and gently rested the
camera on the scar window
and waited i wasn’t at the eye level
i raised the car window up to get to the
eye level with the owls
framing the pair of center and using a
shallow depth of
field to isolate them from the building
behind
i created a characterful portrait of a
species that has adapted to urban life
i have named them leila and majnu and i
hope
and i hope i always see them happy
together
this picture warned me the bbc left
rockford of the year 2018
in the category of 10 years and under
this picture also won me the junior
asian wildlife talker of the year 2018
in the category of 18 years and under
to leila and majnu
in november 2018 i was declared the
winner of junior comedy wildlife talker
of the year
in the category of 16 years and under it
was one of leila and majnu images but a
different one
this one i captured this funny moment of
leila and majnu
answering nature call i was at the right
place at the right time
i hope people over here who think house
or other wildlife is superstitious for
them
just think of me i am here with you all
because of these cute creatures
only
this picture made an impact worldwide
because of these owls
in these pipes there are not many trees
left
and that’s why these house build their
home in this broken pipe
like in this image
april 2018 was the last time i saw leila
and majnu
and after that they never came back to
the pipe and i never saw them
i felt very sad these vows were a
blessing for me
and i hoped i could see them
i miss them so much i printed my bed
sheet
my pillow cover my cushion with their
images
i also have a poster of them in my room
i never gave up and i got lucky and saw
them almost after a year
now they’re happily back in the pipe
home
when your father is a wildlife talker as
minus
all your family holidays are in forest
and even
and even if you think that our next oil
day will not be in a forest
it turns out yet to win a different
forest
in my forest travels i always saw my
father constantly capturing natural
beauty
with his camera and lenses
on my fifth birthday my father gifted me
my first dslr camera
and that was the beginning of a wildlife
dog feed journey
i kept clicking pictures of bees and
insects in my backyard
my father was always by my side guiding
me to become a better photographer
every day
but i am here with you all today to
speak on something different
something that is very dear to my heart
i am going to speak on wildlife
conservation
wildlife is a precious gift to all of us
from a mother earth
wildlife is found in all ecosystems the
term fauna
is not only used for animals but also
for all life forms
including birds insects fungi
and even microscopic organisms to
maintain a healthy ecological balance
on this land animals birds and marine
species
are as important as humans
every organism on this planet has an
unique place in the food chain
that contributes to its own ecosystem in
its own way
but unfortunately in today’s time many
animals and birds are endangered
on this earth we find from majestic oaks
to the tiniest grass we can find
from the huge whale to the tiniest flies
all are created in a very balanced way
by a mother earth
we the human beings don’t have the
capacity
to contribute to these marvelous
creations but
we can protect them thus
conservation of wildlife is necessary to
maintain a healthy ecological balance
on this land natural habitats of
animals and plants are destroyed for
land work
and for land development and agriculture
by humans
poaching and hunting for fur meat
leather are some
other factors contributing to the
extension of wildlife
extension of wildlife will have a fatal
impact on the human race as well
so for us as human beings it is a great
responsibility
to save our earth our wildlife and most
importantly
ourselves here are some deep reasons
for deep understanding why wildlife
plays such an important role
to maintain a healthy ecological balance
on this land
what is wildlife conservation
wildlife conservation refers to the act
of protecting
wildlife from being destroyed
the time has arrived to save the
wildlife from the
cruel cultures of men that human beings
are the main destroyer of wildlife
for example the one on rhinos of assam
are on
are on the verge of extinction as
poachers are killing them
on daily basis for their own benefits
let us explore why wildlife is the top
most priority now
hundreds of millions of people whose
livelihood depends on forage resources
are today hapless victims of
deforestation
the lack of conservation by farmers in
the highland region
often leads to the deluge in the
low-lying areas
deforestation and lack of conservation
also lead to the precious loss of
biodiversity
countless ways species of animals and
birds are lost
every day that the indirect effect of
lack of wildlife conservation is
increase in the infertility of soil
and drought you know
trees were worshiped in ancient india
but
we don’t do justice to that belief today
recent research found that we have lost
77 percent of a world’s wilderness
time has arrived to save what remains as
global citizen
it is our duty to save our earth our
environment and thereby rescue our
mother earth from its present crisis
if we fail to do so mother earth will
inevitably seek a revenge
from us and we will have to face our
doom in the near future
it is thus it is government upon us
to save our planet
what is the importance of wildlife
wildlife conservation
it is not necessary to describe a lot
about importance of wildlife
conservation
we should not allow a vile part of
wildlife
to vanish from it from this earth
we all know that nature maintains the
balance of its own
for example trees not only provides its
oxygen
but also keep the but also maintain the
climatic condition of a region
again the birds control the population
of insects
in our ecosystem
gandhiji once said what we are doing to
the forest of the world
is a mirror reflection of what we are
doing to ourselves
and to one another this is very true
especially after all my holidays in
forest
we can see amazing species of wildlife
with which we share our planet but
if we are not careful maybe in future we
don’t have the opportunity to see such
kind of varieties
so on the behalf of leila and majnu let
us do our bid
and preserve every inch of remaining
biodiversity