CONCRETE JUNGLE

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Few country dogs and a bull take a nap under the shade of bricks.With trees being felled all over for building construction, there is hardly any place for these home less animals and birds.This particular place(Patia) was a jungle a few decades back but due to black money and vulgar wealth every other day a building or apartments are being constructed in the capital city of the poorest state of India called Odisha.The name has been changed from Orissa to Odisha but for these poor animals there is no change in their fortune, same is the fate of the poor people of this state.Similar scenario exists in the villages.People have destroyed the forest for fire wood or for furniture for the rich , as a result of which elephants,monkeys,bears, tigers,wild bores have no place to stay and stray to wards villages and get killed by the people in different ways.The elephants are killed with live electricity hooked from high tension wires, tigers are given poisoned meat, bears are cruelly beaten to death.This is a daily occurrence in this state.I wonder where are those people who are supposed to protect these wild animals.