On one side of the waist, a sickle in the hoof is tightly fastened like a belt. Tripod with camera on shoulder and binoculars around neck. In Jajarkot's Barekot forests, Ukali Orali is an old friend. Govinda's friend. The relationship with them is unbreakable and deep. The binoculars in the valley do not limit the distant view to the eye. They reach to the root of it by searching and researching it deeply. With a camera on his shoulder, he captures the pearly white mountains and nature in the lens of the camera.
Along with these friends, wild animals and birds are his dear friends. Among these dear friends, the hunter captures the image on the camera lens, along with the rescue of the injured from the snares. During the rescue, sometimes deer escape from the trap and become friends together and release them into the forest. So, sometimes Latocosero is rescued and treated and sent back to the forest.
Never just to capture beautiful distant views with binoculars and not just to capture them in the lens of a photo camera. Just as the view of the entire mountain and the distant view through binoculars are seen closely, so the different creatures in the forest observe the news of animals and birds. The right to live of animals and birds is preserved. In this society where humans have become violent, he is playing the role of a soldier in protecting the lives of animals. He is said to be a madman, a madman and an enemy to the hunters and the god who saves animals and birds from calamities. He started government service in 2044 and lived in Jumla for twelve years. It has been more than twenty years since Jajarkot lived. He is a government official in veterinary field by profession. He is working in Barekot Rural Municipality. It has been a decade since the search and rescue of wild animals and birds started in this way.
Govinda reaches the forest at the crack of dawn before the sun rises. He walks around the forest and takes pictures of wild animals and birds. Treats animals injured in traps. If you need long treatment, you will take them home. The number of poachers in the forest is increasing," he said, "I rescue animals trapped in the forest. I treat the injured and if long treatment is required, I take them home and leave them in the forest.'
He is a government official in the field of veterinary medicine. He is currently working in Barekot Rural Municipality. After spending the office time in the office, he spends the evening and morning time in the forest. He has been personally allocating 50 percent of his salary for the forest.
Buy slingshots, take out traps
He requests the villagers not to make and carry slingshots. He asks not to sell Guleli even when he reaches the shops. If someone is selling it, they will buy it themselves.
Known as the god of animals and birds and the mad Bahulah for hunters, he buys slingshots that he sees and hears all over the village. Ensures the right of birds to live. Now he has a pile of shells. He now has five hundred shells. 260 traps have been taken out. For the protection of birds, I buy slingshots that I hear are in the village,' he said, 'so that people do not kill birds by buying slingshots, I buy as many slingshots as I can find in the shop near my village and keep them myself.'
His behavior is strange to his villagers. Some people say that they roam the forest by bringing money from donors. Some even call him a dog-bitten man who roams the forest without doing housework during holidays.
Even if society's view is so negative, he is not disappointed. He rescues wild animals and birds with his own investment and desire. Even with personal expenses, poaching has been controlled.
Reward for finder of trap
In nature, there are microscopic organisms that cannot be seen by our eyes from trees-plants, forests-forests, animals-birds, insects-grasshoppers, soil, water, air and human life exists. In the absence of any one of these things, the entire ecological balance is disturbed. After that there is no life, no creature.
Our forefathers felt this very deeply and intimately. So they worshiped nature. Consider nature itself as 'deity', who is visible/invisible everywhere. From plants, forests, wind, water to birds, snakes, they are integral companions of human life and adopted the ritual of worshiping and protecting them. However, today's society is becoming selfish. Only a few are interested in conservation, all looking for meat. There is a growing community of people who say that I should not eat and do it only for myself. Govinda is an example of doing for others in the same Jamaat.
He spends half his salary in the forest not for himself but for the animals and birds. That too, iron traps are set by humans to kill deer in the forest. Traps are also made from motorcycle chains. He sets the trap himself until he finds it. Sometimes they send someone to the forest to hunt traps even after paying them.
"I pick up (the trap) myself until I find it, otherwise I pay other people personally and send them to the forest," he says.
He is probably the only one who would raise half his salary for animals and birds at this time. That's why they call him crazy and crazy in the village. In that way, he counts the traps brought by those who have entered the forest and gives money. He said that he used to raise traps from the forest to protect wild animals from poachers.
Govind aims to discover new wildlife and birds along with conservation
Govind's interest is not limited to wildlife conservation. Along with wildlife conservation, his aim is to search for unseen wild animals and birds found in the forest. He also recalls staying in the forest for 15 days to search for new wildlife and birds.
He lives safely in a den in the forest to find new wildlife and birds. He carries food taken from home like satu, chiura, dalmoth, badam. Govinda is currently studying snakes, vultures and butterflies.
It is also a campaign to find out what rare wild animals are in your district. I have rescued injured wild animals found in the forest and treated them at home," he says. "There are many poachers in our area. My aim is to save wild animals from dying prematurely.'
Govind said that he found 34 nests of four species of mountain vultures while visiting the forest in the eastern part of Jajarkot.
According to him, a rare wild animal, black otter (Eurasian otter), which has not been found in Nepal for thirty years, has been found in Barekot forest. He considered this as a very important achievement of his studies.
Among the world's rare wild animals, red panda, muskrat, wolf, golden vulture, white vulture, chir kalij were found in Jajarkot forest, he said. He took pictures of the animals he met.
own interests own expenses
According to Govinda, he did such a thing in his own interest. The expenses incurred in this are also his personal. People don't believe him when it comes to spending. Internally, they suspect that it is run on the money of a donor. "When I go to the forest to rescue wild animals and birds, people say that I do it by bringing money from donors," Govinda said. My campaign will continue.
He is not limited to Jajarkot. Surkhet, Dailekh, Salyan, Rukum, Dolpa, Jumla, Kalikot, Humla, Banke and Bardia also roam the forests. Worked as chief administrative officer in Barekot Rural Municipality for two years. At that time, he was not afraid to enter the forest. He said, "I did not have much time to go to the forest because I was in charge, so I left the responsibility of the chief administrative officer."
According to his age, he has five years of service remaining. He said that his campaign will continue until now. He said that he has spent about ten lakh rupees privately in his campaign so far.
He is starting to worry about what will happen to his campaign after his retirement. He says, "Now the salary comes and I can spend. After leaving the job, money becomes a problem.
He plans to develop his studies as documentation. According to him, 887 species of birds have been found in Nepal so far. He has photographed 300 species of birds. "I was able to keep pictures of wild animals and birds as documents with information. I think it will be easy for the next generation as well," he said.
According to Govind, Barekot area of Jajarkot is the place where the rare red panda is found. He said that people are arrested every year in that area with panda skins. He says that there is no proper arrangement for the protection of rare animals.
After being chased by animals
Walking through the forest is not an easy task, even more difficult alone. Many times they have been in front of violent animals but nothing unpleasant has happened.
I was alone in the forest in the western region of Jajarkot. The leopard was found, about ten meters away. It tried to come to me," he narrated an incident six years ago, "in the middle, a langur jumped from the tree, the langur ran down. The leopard chased it, I survived.
Once when he reached the highest point of Jajarkot, Karainchuli Himal region, he met a bear. He said, 'The bear tried to hide. I shouted out loud. The bear went his way, I went my way.'
Govind is a sole earner who has to support his family's family expenses. However, Gorakh Bahadur Singh, Principal of Birendra Aishwarya Secondary School, Limsa Barekot, who is involved in the protection of forests and wildlife from his own personal resources, says.
"He (Gobind) ji is a person who has the responsibility to bear the expenses of not only his children but also the family of his brothers. He spends his salary to do social work,'' he said.
Awarded Nature's Hero Award
The Nature Hero Award is an award given to nature conservationists who consider nature and wild animals as dear friends and take part in conservation campaigns. Abhiyanta Singh, who contributed to the same, was honored with the Nature's Nayak Award. He was honored with the title of Birdlife (Nature's Hero) on the occasion of the 40th Annual General Meeting of the Nepal Bird Conservation Association on November 17th.
Singh and Ram Shahi of Bardiya who have made significant voluntary contributions to the conservation of wild animals, birds and their habitats at the local level were honored with the title of Birdlife Prakriti Nayak. Two people who have made important contributions to the conservation of nature, animal and bird protection, search and research were honored with the Nature's Hero Award. Karan Shah said.
The names of two people have been selected from Nepal. President of Bardia Nature Conservation Club of Bardia district Ram Bahadur Shahi and Bahadur Singh who contributed to the nature conservation of the entire district while staying in Barekot Rural Municipality of Jajarkot district were honored during a program. These two will compete with actors selected from around the world.
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