“Is PETA Sleeping,” Asks Goan Actress Poonam Karekar Govekar:
Launches Online Campaign To Save Goa’s Forests
Responding
to a question about the numbers of animals and birds – both wild and
otherwise, who would lose their natural habitat when the forests are cut
down for some projects, Goan actress Poonam Karekar-Govekar quipped,
“Where is PETA, Is PETA sleeping,” she asked.
Speaking to this
reporter, Poonam said, “I am not against development. I am not against
progress. But I am wondering where all the animals and birds and insects
and all other living organisms like the beautiful butterflies will go
if the forests in Goa are cut down,” she asked without particularly
naming any particular project in Goa.
“All the animals, birds,
insects, butterflies and other living organisms and creatures that
inhabit the forests of Goa and call it their home are going to die. It’s
just not the trees, which are centuries old, its several species of
living organisms that will lose their natural habitat and die.
Some
sections of the Goan forests have a very delicate and fragile
eco-system. It cannot be replicated or just transplanted. It’s not as
simple as planting or transplanting trees,” explained Poonam, adding
that Goa’s rich natural heritage and resources must be saved and
preserved for the future generations to come.
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