Moon Bear Burned Alive
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 7:07 pm
From Care2.com News Network
Moon Bear burned alive Sunday, 6:34 PM
In what must surely rank as one of the
most brutal and insensitive cases of animal torture in India, a Himalayan
Black Bear(Moon Bear) was encircled by a group of villagers in Pir Panjar in
Jammu and Kashmir who stoned, hammered and eventually set the animal on fire
alive. Sahara Rashtriya, a national channel, did a special episode on this
gruesome incident today and aired footage of the killing for well over an
hour. It made very painful viewing. The Forest Department personnel and the
police were present on the spot but chose not to act. People from all over
the country have protested this barbarism and have called for action against
the villagers who mobbed the animal. The creature was killed and carried
in a cart with hordes of villagers celebrating its death.*
* *
*Please send letters of protest to:*
**
*1) Mr Mir Mohammed Mansoor, Chief Wildlife Vet and Biologist for Jammu and Kashmir State Wildllife Protection Department :
**mmmnsur@yahoo. com*mmmnsur@yahoo. com>
*Mr Mansoor is researching bears in Jammu and Kashmir at the moment. Please
urge him to take up this issue with the highest wildlife authority in his
state so that appropriate action can be taken against the offenders.*
**
*2)**Directorate of Information,
Jammu and Kashmir Government,
Old Secretariat Mubarak Mandi Complex , Jammu-180 001, India
Telephone no : 0191 - 2544076,2540088, 2578835
Fax no : 0191 - 2544643*
*Email : **dipjk@jk.nic. in* dipjk@jandk. jk.nic.in>
*Email : **jmt_info@sancharn et.in* jmt_info@sancharnet .in>
Email : jmt_info@sancharnet .in jmt_info@sancharnet .in>
Email :rajjk@jk.nic. in
**
*3)**The Secretary
Government of India
Ministry of Environment & Forests
Paryavaran Bhavan
CGO Complex, Lodhi Road
New Delhi - 110 003.
(INDIA). *
*Telephone:+ 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721
email: **secymenf@nic. in* secymenf@nic. in>* *
* This incident should be brought to the attention of all international
organisations that are working with bears and human animal conflict so
please do approach organisations that might be able to help. The Himalayan
Black Bear is a protected species under the Wildlife Protection Act of India
and deserves better treatment than this. An FIR has been lodged and legal
action is on the anvil.*
* Best wishes and kind regards,*
* Yours
sincerely,*
* Shubhobroto
Ghosh*
Moon Bear burned alive Sunday, 6:34 PM
In what must surely rank as one of the
most brutal and insensitive cases of animal torture in India, a Himalayan
Black Bear(Moon Bear) was encircled by a group of villagers in Pir Panjar in
Jammu and Kashmir who stoned, hammered and eventually set the animal on fire
alive. Sahara Rashtriya, a national channel, did a special episode on this
gruesome incident today and aired footage of the killing for well over an
hour. It made very painful viewing. The Forest Department personnel and the
police were present on the spot but chose not to act. People from all over
the country have protested this barbarism and have called for action against
the villagers who mobbed the animal. The creature was killed and carried
in a cart with hordes of villagers celebrating its death.*
* *
*Please send letters of protest to:*
**
*1) Mr Mir Mohammed Mansoor, Chief Wildlife Vet and Biologist for Jammu and Kashmir State Wildllife Protection Department :
**mmmnsur@yahoo. com*mmmnsur@yahoo. com>
*Mr Mansoor is researching bears in Jammu and Kashmir at the moment. Please
urge him to take up this issue with the highest wildlife authority in his
state so that appropriate action can be taken against the offenders.*
**
*2)**Directorate of Information,
Jammu and Kashmir Government,
Old Secretariat Mubarak Mandi Complex , Jammu-180 001, India
Telephone no : 0191 - 2544076,2540088, 2578835
Fax no : 0191 - 2544643*
*Email : **dipjk@jk.nic. in* dipjk@jandk. jk.nic.in>
*Email : **jmt_info@sancharn et.in* jmt_info@sancharnet .in>
Email : jmt_info@sancharnet .in jmt_info@sancharnet .in>
Email :rajjk@jk.nic. in
**
*3)**The Secretary
Government of India
Ministry of Environment & Forests
Paryavaran Bhavan
CGO Complex, Lodhi Road
New Delhi - 110 003.
(INDIA). *
*Telephone:+ 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721
email: **secymenf@nic. in* secymenf@nic. in>* *
* This incident should be brought to the attention of all international
organisations that are working with bears and human animal conflict so
please do approach organisations that might be able to help. The Himalayan
Black Bear is a protected species under the Wildlife Protection Act of India
and deserves better treatment than this. An FIR has been lodged and legal
action is on the anvil.*
* Best wishes and kind regards,*
* Yours
sincerely,*
* Shubhobroto
Ghosh*