A sambhar rescued after 17 hrs.

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CAPE-India,Got information that aWild sambhar(Deer family)was struck into a deep

trench in awater treatment Plant in Village Balloke near Ludhiana.Undersigned

reached the spot and found that people had called Police and tried to contact

Forest and Wildlife officials ,but in Vain.

We asked the village Numberdar to Provide fodder and water to the Male

sambhar,and also sprayed the Betadine upon the Wongs of sambhar.it was badly

injured and shocked.Help of Police was sought to ward of the crowd.People told

that the phones of wildlife Deptt. were switched Off.

Being Hon.Wildlife warden I Tried to inform Chief Wildlife warden,Punjab but

He cannot be contacted too.Then I rang up to Hon. Minister for Forest & Wildlife

preservation Deptt. Sh.Tikshan Sood at about 11.AM.

The brief story is as follows:

Sambar rescued after 16-hr operation

Tribune News Service

 

A sambar trapped in a well at the Baloke treatment plant in Ludhiana on Sunday.

— Photo by Inderjeet Verma

Ludhiana, November 18

It took the intervention of forest minister Tikshan Sud to swing the bureaucracy

into action and rescue a trapped sambar from a well at the Baloke treatment

plant here today.

The sambar, weighing three quintal, was taken out of the 10-foot-deep well

after a team of experts from the Chatt Bir zoo reached here late in the evening.

It took the team over 16 hours to rescue the badly-wounded animal.

Though the sambar got trapped reportedly in the morning, officials failed to

move and rescue the animal till volunteers of the CAPE India (Care for Animals

and Protection of Environment) rang up the minister for action.

CAPE (India) local unit chief co-ordinator Dr Sandeep Jain and animal welfare

officer Dr Rakesh Jain said they made calls to various officials but to no

avail.

They said the animal might have strayed here after being chased by poachers or

stray dogs.

Earlier, attempts of officials posted at the treatment plant and residents of

nearby villages to rescue the animal went in vain as neither the wildlife

officials nor the forest staff failed to swing into action.

The officials either did not answer calls or expressed their inability to help

due to lack of resources. Even a tranquiliser gun was not available.

Rajinder, an employee posted at the plant, first noticed the animal trapped in

a sewer pipe in the wee hours.

Later, officials of the plant released water at high pressure, which enabled

the animal to come out from the other side. However, the sambar fell into a dry

well.

Nambardar Amarjit Singh of Balloke village said he along with officials of the

treatment plant called the police. They also tried to convince forest officials

to come but to no avail.

Employees of the tiger safari were then called in but they expressed their

inability to help due to lack of resources.

Finally, a team from Chatt Bir reached here following the intervention of the

minister.

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20071119/ldh1.htm#8

 

 

 

Dr.Sandeep K.Jain

 

 

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