Guest guest Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 | Monday, December 19, 2005 | IN TODAY'S PAPER THE TELEGRAPH Northeast > Story Poachers kill bear in zoo for gallbladder OUR CORRESPONDENT File picture of a Himalayan black bear Aizawl, Dec. 18: A young Himalayan black bear in Aizawl zoo was found murdered by officials on Friday night with its gallbladder missing. The zoo’s veterinary doctor, Vanlalhruaia Pachuau, said the bear suffered grievous injury on its head, possibly from a blunt object. The bear was last seen by its feeders on Wednesday. On Thursday, as there was no sign of the bear, the zoo authorities launched a search but managed to find the carcass only on Friday night inside its enclosure. The doctor said the bear’s entrails and other organs had been taken out though only the gallbladder was missing. “We believe the bear was killed for its gallbladder,” Pachuau said. The one-and-a-half-year-old bear had been brought to the zoo in May last year from the Lawngtlai forest division. A case has been registered with Sairang police and investigations are on to track down the poachers. Assistant conservator of forests V.L. Para, who is in charge of the zoo, today said the poachers could be Myanmarese infiltrators. He said they were certain that the bear had been killed for its gallbladder as bear gall fluid is highly valued in Myanmar and China. “A single bear gallbladder with the fluid can fetch up to Rs 12,000 in Mizoram. It can fetch much more in Myanmar and China. The bear was killed because of this,” Para said. The zoo has separate enclosure for three young bears of which one has been killed. There are three other grown-up bears in the zoo. The state’s only botanical and zoological park on the western outskirts of Aizawl also houses 15 each of barking and sambar deer, five Hume’s pheasant which is the state bird, six gibbons, 15 Assamese macaques and 12 stump-tailed macaques, two foxes and five leopard cats besides a number of other small animals. The authorities said the zoo is sparsely staffed with only a few feeders and some grade IV employees who are hard put to guard the animals. 2005 The Telegraph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 The Telegraph, Guwahati, Wednesday, 21 December, 2005 Zookeeper confesses to killing bear. Our Correspondent. Aizawl, Dec. 20: This time it was not the poachers. Keeper P.C. Lalrothanga has confessed to killing the young Himalayan black bear housed in Mizoram`s only zoo. The animal`s carcass was found 30 metres from the bear enclosure last week, with its internal organs taken out. Sairang police station officer-in-charge Lalchhanwnkima said the zookeeper confessed to killing the animal after testing a drug on it. The O-C said the keeper had kept some sedatives which he had found when the animals were shifted from the old zoo in Aizawl to the new one on the city`s outskirts. In his confession. Lalrothonga said he had tested the drug on the bear to see if it was still effective. When the sedative began to work, the keeper killed the bear out of fear. He struck the bear`s head with a stone and, after killing it,took out its entrails and fed them to foxes in the zoo. Knowing that a post-mortem of the dead bear would reveal it had been drugged, he had disposed of its internal organs. Muster-roll keeper Lalthanthuama, who helped the keeper dispose of the carcass, was also arrested. (Due to unavailability of the web edition, I have typed it from the print issue). -- In aapn , debasischak@v... wrote: > > | Monday, December 19, 2005 | > IN TODAY'S PAPER > THE TELEGRAPH > > Northeast > Story > Poachers kill bear in zoo for gallbladder > OUR CORRESPONDENT > > File picture of a Himalayan black bear > Aizawl, Dec. 18: A young Himalayan black bear in Aizawl zoo was found murdered by officials on Friday night with its gallbladder missing. > > The zoo's veterinary doctor, Vanlalhruaia Pachuau, said the bear suffered grievous injury on its head, possibly from a blunt object. > > The bear was last seen by its feeders on Wednesday. On Thursday, as there was no sign of the bear, the zoo authorities launched a search but managed to find the carcass only on Friday night inside its enclosure. > > The doctor said the bear's entrails and other organs had been taken out though only the gallbladder was missing. " We believe the bear was killed for its gallbladder, " Pachuau said. > > The one-and-a-half-year-old bear had been brought to the zoo in May last year from the Lawngtlai forest division. A case has been registered with Sairang police and investigations are on to track down the poachers. > > Assistant conservator of forests V.L. Para, who is in charge of the zoo, today said the poachers could be Myanmarese infiltrators. He said they were certain that the bear had been killed for its gallbladder as bear gall fluid is highly valued in Myanmar and China. > > " A single bear gallbladder with the fluid can fetch up to Rs 12,000 in Mizoram. It can fetch much more in Myanmar and China. The bear was killed because of this, " Para said. > > The zoo has separate enclosure for three young bears of which one has been killed. There are three other grown-up bears in the zoo. > > The state's only botanical and zoological park on the western outskirts of Aizawl also houses 15 each of barking and sambar deer, five Hume's pheasant which is the state bird, six gibbons, 15 Assamese macaques and 12 stump-tailed macaques, two foxes and five leopard cats besides a number of other small animals. > > The authorities said the zoo is sparsely staffed with only a few feeders and some grade IV employees who are hard put to guard the animals. > > 2005 The Telegraph. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 *Dear Debashishda, Azam and AAPN colleagues,* * I visited Aizwal Zoo in Mizoram for my initial survey(for the Born Free Foundation). The zoo is extremely fascinating, not because the lives of the animals there can only be described as 'nasty, brutish and short' but because of the wonderful name of its location, BETHLEHEM, and more so because of the message that greets you on arrival at the entrance, 'ENJOY TREE CLIMBING BEARS.' The zoo staff, as observed, in the absence of visitors spend their time reading soft pornographic magazines(like PLAYBOY) and listening to heavy metal music(like IRON MAIDEN). Otherwise, they are quite content playing cards and eating pork garlic with steamed rice(ie., when they are not slitting the gall bladders of Himalayan Black Bears). Going by the news article, they would not might having some exotica like bear paw soup to go along with their normal course. * * The zoo is an extremely ramshackle one in various stages of decay. To be candid however, one cannot expect any level of animal rights in a place like Mizoram where people have no compunction in killing each other(especially Indians). Insurgency is rife and is heavily subsidised by American arms companies who have their agents masquerading as Christian missionaries(principally to perpepuate an anti-India agenda). This is also one of the reasons the Americans are so keen on conducting joint commando operations with Indians in an otherwise God forsaken land that has almost no avian life since all the birds have been shot for the dinner table. For more information on how the arms trade is perpetuating violence in Aizwal and other places, please take a look at the New Internationalist magazine( www.newint.org/ )I was there just for a day and made my escape to Silchar in Assam at the first available opportunity. The situation in Aizwal Zoo is a microcosm of the situation in all the zoos in North East India(as well as the human state of affairs in general). News reporting from Aizwal is a very tough assignment since anything written against the rebels will either get you shot or your office ransacked. It is very sad and extremely unfortunate but that is the way it is.Thanks for posting the news item since I missed it.* * Best wishes and kind regards,* ** * Yours sincerely,* * * On 12/21/05, azam24x7 <azamsiddiqui wrote: > > The Telegraph, Guwahati, Wednesday, 21 December, 2005 > > Zookeeper confesses to killing bear. > Our Correspondent. > > Aizawl, Dec. 20: > This time it was not the poachers. Keeper P.C. Lalrothanga has > confessed to killing the young Himalayan black bear housed in > Mizoram`s only zoo. The animal`s carcass was found 30 metres from > the bear enclosure last week, with its internal organs taken out. > > Sairang police station officer-in-charge Lalchhanwnkima said the > zookeeper confessed to killing the animal after testing a drug on it. > The O-C said the keeper had kept some sedatives which he had found > when the animals were shifted from the old zoo in Aizawl to the new > one on the city`s outskirts. > > In his confession. Lalrothonga said he had tested the drug on the > bear to see if it was still effective. When the sedative began to > work, the keeper killed the bear out of fear. He struck the bear`s > head with a stone and, after killing it,took out its entrails and > fed them to foxes in the zoo. Knowing that a post-mortem of the dead > bear would reveal it had been drugged, he had disposed of its > internal organs. > > Muster-roll keeper Lalthanthuama, who helped the keeper dispose of > the carcass, was also arrested. > > (Due to unavailability of the web edition, I have typed it from the > print issue). > > > > -- In aapn , debasischak@v... wrote: > > > > | Monday, December 19, 2005 | > > IN TODAY'S PAPER > > THE TELEGRAPH > > > > Northeast > Story > > Poachers kill bear in zoo for gallbladder > > OUR CORRESPONDENT > > > > File picture of a Himalayan black bear > > Aizawl, Dec. 18: A young Himalayan black bear in Aizawl zoo was > found murdered by officials on Friday night with its gallbladder > missing. > > > > The zoo's veterinary doctor, Vanlalhruaia Pachuau, said the bear > suffered grievous injury on its head, possibly from a blunt object. > > > > The bear was last seen by its feeders on Wednesday. On Thursday, > as there was no sign of the bear, the zoo authorities launched a > search but managed to find the carcass only on Friday night inside > its enclosure. > > > > The doctor said the bear's entrails and other organs had been > taken out though only the gallbladder was missing. " We believe the > bear was killed for its gallbladder, " Pachuau said. > > > > The one-and-a-half-year-old bear had been brought to the zoo in > May last year from the Lawngtlai forest division. A case has been > registered with Sairang police and investigations are on to track > down the poachers. > > > > Assistant conservator of forests V.L. Para, who is in charge of > the zoo, today said the poachers could be Myanmarese infiltrators. > He said they were certain that the bear had been killed for its > gallbladder as bear gall fluid is highly valued in Myanmar and China. > > > > " A single bear gallbladder with the fluid can fetch up to Rs > 12,000 in Mizoram. It can fetch much more in Myanmar and China. The > bear was killed because of this, " Para said. > > > > The zoo has separate enclosure for three young bears of which one > has been killed. There are three other grown-up bears in the zoo. > > > > The state's only botanical and zoological park on the western > outskirts of Aizawl also houses 15 each of barking and sambar deer, > five Hume's pheasant which is the state bird, six gibbons, 15 > Assamese macaques and 12 stump-tailed macaques, two foxes and five > leopard cats besides a number of other small animals. > > > > The authorities said the zoo is sparsely staffed with only a few > feeders and some grade IV employees who are hard put to guard the > animals. > > > > Copyright © 2005 The Telegraph. > > > > > > For more information on Asian animal issues, please use the search feature > on the AAPN website: http://www.aapn.org/ or search the list archives at: > aapn > Please feel free to send any relevant news or comments to the list at > aapn > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 Dear Subhobroto, I agree cent percent with your views. Two more things i would like to add is that the Counter Insurgency Jungle Warfare School (CIJWS) at Vairengte of the Indian Army is something in Mizoram that also needs to be brought in the scanner. Every year troops from several countries including the US come there to take part in the counter insurgency programmes jointly excercised by the Indian Army. Well, a whole lot of wild animals which are found inside the jungles are killed and consumed as a part of their training. I saw video footage myself of a python roasted alive with full merrymaking. Secondly the Mizoram - Myanmar border is something that needs attention too. I am told huge consignments of Bull Penis is being traded with other commodities apart from the wildlife that is blatantly being smuggled. The Burmese are believed to be using the Bull penis for some kind of an aphrodisiac. Well these issues have no direct links with the Bear Poaching in Aizawl, but since you defined Mizoram in depth, I thought it would be incomplete without these inputs. The northeast needs attention, and what gets reported in newspapers is simply not everything that is being happening there. Regards, Azam aapn , <journalistandanimals@g...> wrote: > > *Dear Debashishda, Azam and AAPN colleagues,* > * > I visited Aizwal Zoo in Mizoram for my initial survey(for the Born Free > Foundation). The zoo is extremely fascinating, not because the lives of the > animals there can only be described as 'nasty, brutish and short' but > because of the wonderful name of its location, BETHLEHEM, and more so > because of the message that greets you on arrival at the entrance, 'ENJOY > TREE CLIMBING BEARS.' The zoo staff, as observed, in the absence of > visitors spend their time reading soft pornographic magazines(like PLAYBOY) > and listening to heavy metal music(like IRON MAIDEN). Otherwise, they are > quite content playing cards and eating pork garlic with steamed rice (ie., > when they are not slitting the gall bladders of Himalayan Black Bears). > Going by the news article, they would not might having some exotica like > bear paw soup to go along with their normal course. * > * The zoo is an extremely ramshackle one in various stages of decay. To be > candid however, one cannot expect any level of animal rights in a place like > Mizoram where people have no compunction in killing each other (especially > Indians). Insurgency is rife and is heavily subsidised by American arms > companies who have their agents masquerading as Christian > missionaries(principally to perpepuate an anti-India agenda). This is also > one of the reasons the Americans are so keen on conducting joint commando > operations with Indians in an otherwise God forsaken land that has almost no > avian life since all the birds have been shot for the dinner table. For more > information on how the arms trade is perpetuating violence in Aizwal and > other places, please take a look at the New Internationalist magazine( > www.newint.org/ )I was there just for a day and made my escape to Silchar in > Assam at the first available opportunity. The situation in Aizwal Zoo is a > microcosm of the situation in all the zoos in North East India(as well as > the human state of affairs in general). News reporting from Aizwal is a very > tough assignment since anything written against the rebels will either get > you shot or your office ransacked. It is very sad and extremely unfortunate > but that is the way it is.Thanks for posting the news item since I missed > it.* > * Best wishes and kind regards,* > ** > * Yours sincerely,* > * Ghosh* > > > On 12/21/05, azam24x7 <azamsiddiqui@a...> wrote: > > > > The Telegraph, Guwahati, Wednesday, 21 December, 2005 > > > > Zookeeper confesses to killing bear. > > Our Correspondent. > > > > Aizawl, Dec. 20: > > This time it was not the poachers. Keeper P.C. Lalrothanga has > > confessed to killing the young Himalayan black bear housed in > > Mizoram`s only zoo. The animal`s carcass was found 30 metres from > > the bear enclosure last week, with its internal organs taken out. > > > > Sairang police station officer-in-charge Lalchhanwnkima said the > > zookeeper confessed to killing the animal after testing a drug on it. > > The O-C said the keeper had kept some sedatives which he had found > > when the animals were shifted from the old zoo in Aizawl to the new > > one on the city`s outskirts. > > > > In his confession. Lalrothonga said he had tested the drug on the > > bear to see if it was still effective. When the sedative began to > > work, the keeper killed the bear out of fear. He struck the bear`s > > head with a stone and, after killing it,took out its entrails and > > fed them to foxes in the zoo. Knowing that a post-mortem of the dead > > bear would reveal it had been drugged, he had disposed of its > > internal organs. > > > > Muster-roll keeper Lalthanthuama, who helped the keeper dispose of > > the carcass, was also arrested. > > > > (Due to unavailability of the web edition, I have typed it from the > > print issue). > > > > > > > > -- In aapn , debasischak@v... wrote: > > > > > > | Monday, December 19, 2005 | > > > IN TODAY'S PAPER > > > THE TELEGRAPH > > > > > > Northeast > Story > > > Poachers kill bear in zoo for gallbladder > > > OUR CORRESPONDENT > > > > > > File picture of a Himalayan black bear > > > Aizawl, Dec. 18: A young Himalayan black bear in Aizawl zoo was > > found murdered by officials on Friday night with its gallbladder > > missing. > > > > > > The zoo's veterinary doctor, Vanlalhruaia Pachuau, said the bear > > suffered grievous injury on its head, possibly from a blunt object. > > > > > > The bear was last seen by its feeders on Wednesday. On Thursday, > > as there was no sign of the bear, the zoo authorities launched a > > search but managed to find the carcass only on Friday night inside > > its enclosure. > > > > > > The doctor said the bear's entrails and other organs had been > > taken out though only the gallbladder was missing. " We believe the > > bear was killed for its gallbladder, " Pachuau said. > > > > > > The one-and-a-half-year-old bear had been brought to the zoo in > > May last year from the Lawngtlai forest division. A case has been > > registered with Sairang police and investigations are on to track > > down the poachers. > > > > > > Assistant conservator of forests V.L. Para, who is in charge of > > the zoo, today said the poachers could be Myanmarese infiltrators. > > He said they were certain that the bear had been killed for its > > gallbladder as bear gall fluid is highly valued in Myanmar and China. > > > > > > " A single bear gallbladder with the fluid can fetch up to Rs > > 12,000 in Mizoram. It can fetch much more in Myanmar and China. The > > bear was killed because of this, " Para said. > > > > > > The zoo has separate enclosure for three young bears of which one > > has been killed. There are three other grown-up bears in the zoo. > > > > > > The state's only botanical and zoological park on the western > > outskirts of Aizawl also houses 15 each of barking and sambar deer, > > five Hume's pheasant which is the state bird, six gibbons, 15 > > Assamese macaques and 12 stump-tailed macaques, two foxes and five > > leopard cats besides a number of other small animals. > > > > > > The authorities said the zoo is sparsely staffed with only a few > > feeders and some grade IV employees who are hard put to guard the > > animals. > > > > > > Copyright © 2005 The Telegraph. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For more information on Asian animal issues, please use the search feature > > on the AAPN website: http://www.aapn.org/ or search the list archives at: > > aapn > > Please feel free to send any relevant news or comments to the list at > > aapn > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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