MOON BEAR BURNT ALIVE IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR; PLEASE PROTEST

[Guest guest]

*Dear colleagues,*

* 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.*

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*Please send letters of protest to:*

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*1) Mr Mir Mohammed Mansoor, Chief Wildlife Vet and Biologist for Jammu and

Kashmir State Wildllife Protection Department :

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*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.*

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*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* <dipjk

*Email : **jmt_info* <jmt_info

Email : jmt_info <jmt_info

Email :rajjk

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*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* <secymenf* *

 

* 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,*

 

*

Ghosh*

 

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