Flying Kites is Dangerous

 "Don’t enjoy at the cost of others"


April  1, 2014. Kheri, UP , India. An Indian short-nosed fruit bat found  cuffed  and injured on ground. This bat was the victim of kiting thread remains on mulberry tree. In urban area, people  enjoy  kiting and remains of the thread used, usually noticed here and there on trees. This Bat came to get mulberry fruits and got cuffed. After desperate  efforts the thread broke  and bat fell down. In the morning one bird watcher  saw  this and released the bat. The bat flew-away  immediately. The question arises that how many urban  birds are lucky enough  to get help in time.     

Ajeet Kumar Shaah 
(The Writer is a Nature Photographer and conservationist in Lakhimpur-Kheri, He may be reached at ajeetkshaah@gmail.com )