Many animals known to take very strong decision especially the matter of their survivability.... Dr S Ranganathan, ClinRise Derma Pvt., Ltd., Chennai....
Decision making is always very problematic and all the more, making a right decision is difficult. If the decision is not right, the subsequent results and the consequences will certainly be disastrous.
Many animals have shown enormous courage and wisdom in making right decision at some point in time that the corporate man must learn. Every decision must be taken with complete cognition of the situational and absolute realities.
Many animals like wolf, tiger, beaver, raccoon, mink, fox etc., are reported to chew off their legs when it caught or trapped in ‘leghold trap’. When the leg of the animals gets trapped in the ‘leghold traps’ set by the poachers and hunters, damages the leg severely, especially the skin and bone. Most of the leghold traps have metal jaws that tighten its grip, piercing the flesh and bone when animal struggle to escape the trap.
Until the trapper kills the trapped animal, the suffering due to the crude nature of the trap and the fear of death will continue. It has been reported that one out of every four animal that gets trapped in ‘leghold’ trap chew off their leg and escapes.
The question of the suffering inflicted to the animals by the trap and the fate of the animals that are escaped from the leghold trap after chewing off the leg is not taken up for discussion in the article. The corporate must understand the decision making power of the animals especially during the hour of distress or crisis.
Without one leg, surviving in jungle for the animal, either as prey or predator is difficult. But no trapped animal ever seems to accept such logic easily. Life is a struggle and hence one has to struggle to win and should not accept the same like cowardice is the subtle message they tells to the man.
Why should it suffer in the trap and finally get brutally get killed. Instead of that, it can chew off its trapped leg and save the life. That is why, many animals engaged in ‘wringing off’ (chew off) the leg.
Many corporate employees are trapped by leghold traps in most corporate. The only difference is that, for animals, the hunters and poachers set the trap but, the employees set such traps by themselves in the corporate. They accept the suffering and never dare to seek freedom. They assume that freedom means, some limitation. If a fox or wolf ever doubt about its capability to live with three legs, would not have chewed off the leg. But they never have accepted the same.
Situational (subjective) reality is different from absolute reality. The subjective reality compels the employees to believe and accept that life is not possible beyond the corporate they work. Hence they accept and endure all sufferings and live a miserable life.
Many animals in the jungle are reported to live in ‘freedom and success’ with three legs. They took not only right but bold and brave decision as well and that is how become successful.
Biting off the trapped leg is definitely a painful process. But the more painful is to live with the pain of the trap until it is killed brutally. This philosophy is well understood by animals in the jungle.
When the leg is trapped in the leghold trap, indeed the animal suffers from severe pain due to the metal jaws of the trap. Chewing off the leg is also painful. If the animals were willing to take such decision, the sufferings and imminent death can be avoided. If the decision were different, suffer until death, and die at the end. They took right decision.
The corporate employees need to introspect whether they are trapped in leghold trap of their own making. Introspect, question and take a decision that is wise and right.
Dr S Ranganathan, ClinRise Derma Pvt., Ltd., Chennai.
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