Title:Anger over 'tiger skin' shots
Writer:Victoria Vaughan
Date:Feb 12, 2010
URL:http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_489974.html
Recently, 8 Days, the weekly celebrity magazine of Singapore, used a picture featuring Singapore actress Wong Li-Lin draped in a tiger pelt as the cover, which aroused lots of criticism of the public. Even the publisher was asked to print an apology by Singapore's branch of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), whether the pelt was real or not for sending the wrong message about a highly-endangered animal.
First of all, I strongly agree with the Singapore's branch of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and I think the publisher should give an apology to the public. As we know, animals are our human’s friends. This behavior is quite inhuman and it is an invasion of the rights of animals. What is worse, it could speed up the extinction of these highly-endangered animals if they were not protected well. Even if the pelt is not real, it still has a bad impact on society because the magazine has a great influence on public, which could lead some his followers to follow and other wrong behaviors. Therefore, I hope the publisher can be responsible for his behavior and print the apology as soon as possible. Besides, I hope some government agencies can attach great importance to this issue and take some measures properly and reasonably to warn people and avoid the recurrence of similar incidents.
In fact, there are many issues just like this not only in Singapore but all over the world. I hope everyone can be respect for the animals and try the best to protect them.
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ReplyDeleteI am so sorry to hear this. I strongly agree with you.
ReplyDeleteAfter staying in Singapore for about a year, I am used to seeing some animals around us such as geckos, ants, birds, squirrels, monkeys, fishes and even lizard. I always got away from them when I just found them. Now I do not have any special feeling when I meet them just like they a part of my life. Animals are friendly and live in peace with human beings.
I agree with the Singapore's branch of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and also think the publisher should give a good explanation wo the public. No matter whether the tiger pelt is real or not, that action could weaken the consciousness of protecting animals of people. This cover showed us the magazine, 8 Days, acquiescence the action of the artress. It is necessary to make a apology to the public.
I think the endangered animals should be protected. All professions could do better.
------ By Seth