Earlier today, my faith is restored in the absolute mindfuckery
of a premier legislative institution called Punjab Assembly. The Punjab law minister
Rana Sanaullah decided to go all Charles Darwin on its electorate and presented
a bill which declares that an ostrich is no longer a bird but an animal. More mind boggling is the fact that Punjab assembly decided to play God and passed the bill declaring all the ostriches in Punjab to be animals. Now that the
ostriches have been declared animals, I am wondering how Rana Sanaullah will
coax them into giving birth to tiny little baby ostriches instead of laying
eggs like they used to when they were birds. If they continue to lay eggs,
would the ostriches be breaking the law by acting like birds when they are
declared animals by legislation? Would they be persecuted for breaking the law? Would that crime be punishable by law? Would Azad Adliya take a stand on upholding the law or would it bow down to animal rights activists? I am assuming ostriches in other provinces of the
country will remain birds and would be allowed to act as birds which will probably generate some kind of identity crisis and inferiority complex among the ostriches living under the rule of Rana Sanaullah.
I have a feeling that Rana Sanaullah must have had
some ostrich meat delicacy during his several trips abroad. He sensed that a
market can be created for it so have decided to farm the animal in Pakistan. Tragedy
was that as long as they remain the bird, ostriches were protected by the section-
14 of the Punjab Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and
Management) Act, 1974. Now that Rana Sb has amended the law – against the
advisement of the governor and opposition members – to suit his business interests,
the only thing that can save the Ostriches in Punjab from the slaughterhouses,
is cross province migration.
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| Maybe Rana Sanaullah just wants to ride one? |
