Straits Times Forum
My Point
Nature reserve
'He should have taken his cue from the family of otters and quietly walked away from the dogs.'
MS IRENE LOW (This letter carries 18 other names): 'I refer to last Friday's letter by Mr Steven Tor, 'Save otters from dog menace'. According to his account, the otters had swum away and were not harmed. The wild dogs also kept their distance from him. Sungei Buloh is not a zoo where selected species of animals are displayed, but a nature reserve. The dogs at Sungei Buloh were not preying on the otters. Mr Tor's vociferous call to get rid of them reveals his lack of appreciation of a natural environment in which he, in fact, is an intruder. He should have taken his cue from the family of otters and quietly walked away from the dogs, instead of seeking action.'
