Freeing the crabs!!

March 10th, 2009 in Rants by 3 Comments

I’ve heard of people releasing pigeons, birds, but last Saturday was my first time witnessing the releasing of crabs! Yes in an act of kindness, buddhists gathered round round one of the beaches in Batu Feringghi to release crabs back into the wild.

Go now, be free!

Go now, be free!

Cutting the the ropes that bind

Cutting the the ropes that bind

Running for cover beside a rock covered in oysters

Running for cover beside a rock covered in oysters

Stready now, else you might lose a leg or two

Stready now, else you might lose a leg or two

Get moving already

Get moving already

Hurry! This way home

Hurry! This way home

Follow me, I have a feeling home's this way

Follow me, I have a feeling home's this way

Err... where am I?

Err... where am I?

Mayday mayday, crab overturned

Mayday mayday, crab overturned

Though I think it’s a noble deed, I also think that it’s actually creating the demand for people to capture animals only to be sold back and released, it’s a vicious cycle, moreover a friend of mine told me that research shows that 90% of these released animals do not survive. So are we really helping to save or are we actually helping indirectly in their capture and sale on the market?

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3 Comments

some of the crab look like so agresive

Mr.Dream

4/14/2009

yes some of the crabs ready to fight once released

Seraph

4/29/2009

Arrr… Don’t scare it ‘crab’ you ah?

Jayce

6/10/2009

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