“That the possession of great power necessarily implies great responsibility” -T.C. Hansard
I was in shock upon hearing the news of the death of Pamana (or Legacy), a critically-endangered Philippine Eagle, who was found shot dead in the Mt. Hamiguitan at Davao Oriental weeks after she was released in the wild. Although the locals are said to be “committed” to protect the area as it homes to an astonishing diversity of species, including at least 10 Philippine Eagle. But still, incident such as the killing of Pamana occurred.
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| Photo credit to: Manila Bulletin |
It’s a sad day for us Filipino to know that Pamana is now dead, Philippine Eagle is the nation’s national bird and their number is declining due to deforestation and wild-life hunting which is still prevalent in this country inspite of increased awareness of the endangered species. People may wonder, “what’s the value of an endangered species?” While the answer may vary in different perspective but one thing I know for sure; through their instincts they play an important role to balance the nature in which human race absolutely rely on, is all.
What I fear is when time comes that a great number of species would suddenly disappear on this planet and when people realizes their significance but it’s all too late. It’s never impossible, though I’m probably dead by then, so why do I care? If your selfishness has reached to the point of not valuing the welfare of others and of the future generations, then I guess you are nothing but nothing. Unless if you’re a bee, but you’re not.
“The fact is that of the 100 crop species that provide 90 per cent of the world’s food, over 70 are pollinated by bees.”- UN report
So, who would expect bees can do that? For all we know, they only made honey that we can get from their beehive (or their house) in which we destroy to collect the honey, put it on a container, we sell it, we get the money, we enjoy the money, we run out of money, and then we find another beehive. And what will happen to the stray bees? They will die shortly after their beehive is destroyed because they all rely with each other, like they can’t build an entire house with a single flap of their wings and joining another beehive is death as well.
Same goes for the Philippine Eagle, they feed on monkey, snake, lizard, some bird etc., yet they’re not just the only predator, but not all predator feed on the Philippine Eagle’s diet . If they don’t exist anymore, there will be an overwhelming number of animals of the same class in the ecosystem which can somehow attributes to the accelerating extinction of plants and other animals as well, there will be dominion, the balance will be destroyed, and human race will no longer benefit the nature. It’s a give and take scenario but since humanity has the highest intellectual capability (excuse me for the dolphin) I think we should be the one giving.
The problem is, some people thought that animals are processing each information they get like a human do, when in fact animals just want to survive and to multiply. They don’t log-in to facebook or tweet their activities, they don’t post a selfie on instagram or browse at 9Gag.
I believe everything was made equally and the reason why human came out late is because we are all responsible to take care of everything that has been made before us.
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