Guest guest Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Just watch this video to see how hundreds of bloody humans (mostly Police and their dependents) tortured and murdered a terror stricken leopard that had strayed into their area. Barbaric and disgusting because Karnataka is a state which boasts to be the most developed in India? Remember in the past the state of Karnataka has displayed more anti-animal activities like mass culling of Dogs. I am afraid it seems there is just nothing that can work to save the Big cats from getting such treatment, and this can only get worse in days to come. Today it was the leopard of Mysore, tomorrow it could be the one in your backyard. And all we animal people can say in the end is 'It is sad' ! Earlier during a human animal conflict we had lesser evidence and so most of the cases went in favor of us humans. But now that we have television footage, stills etc just why cannot the offenders be booked? We have countless incidents of Humans needlessly torturing and killings bears in Kashmir, Leopards in many places, politicians on record claiming to have chased herds of wild elephants in the fringe areas of Kaziranga in Assam on speeding vehicles firing shots from their licensed guns. And most of that has been exposed in length and breadth in the media. I understand that poaching is the BIG issue which should be demanding the maximum attention, but isn't the urban wildlife also under equal threat, in fact a much bigger threat? Most issues of human animal conflicts end up as FUN filled tale for urban India. It seems now that the media is fighting a lone battle in India for most of the issues while the enforcement agencies and other voices have taken a back seat. I remember having accompanied the forest personnels of Guwahati in leopard rescues many times. To keep the crowd away, the forest personnel here say just one sentence: " Stay indoors and quiet if you want the leopard to be captured, or create a nuisance and face the wrath of the beast as we shall leave " This has worked here. I remember last year a Civet cat had strayed out and taken refuge on a tall eucalyptus tree right in the campus of the Assam secretariat. The Assam State Zoo DFO, Mr. Narayan Mahanta was the incharge of the rescue. All he did was just wait and watch. And he asked people including the panic stricken Police whose office was right below the tree to carry their normal work. There were hundreds and thousands of people throughout the day coming to watch the animal. At dusk most left unable to force themselves into turning nocturnal. At midnight when the animal found that there was no one down there, he quietly descended and went to where he came from. Azam Siddiqui Link: http://broadband.indiatimes.com/showvideo/3490071.cms Mysore: Locals beat leopard to death -- United against elephant polo http://www.stopelephantpolo.com http://www.freewebs.com/azamsiddiqui Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2008 Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 You are right Azam....a barbaric crowd beating the hell outta poor leopard. Wonder if they would have gathered this courage if they were alone. Rather than giving the animal space to escape they chose to beat him to death and have the %^ & * to come out and say that the leopard died out of stress. And wonder what the hell the forest department was doing. Yesterday (18Sep)....One more leopard down. Caught in traps laid out by the people who claim was for the pigs. I have constantly been reporting of an increase in leopard skin trade in this area which aint seem to be going down well with people....am sure until its too late. There seems to be more frequent " accidents " with leopards being the victims. I will soon be heading to these areas and will provide more detailed inputs of what the hell is going on in mysore and the surrounding areas. Pablo. On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:59 AM, AZAM SIDDIQUI <azam24x7 wrote: > Just watch this video to see how hundreds of bloody humans (mostly > Police > and their dependents) tortured and murdered a terror stricken leopard that > had strayed into their area. > > Barbaric and disgusting because Karnataka is a state which boasts to be the > most developed in India? > Remember in the past the state of Karnataka has displayed more anti-animal > activities like mass culling of Dogs. > > I am afraid it seems there is just nothing that can work to save the Big > cats from getting such treatment, and this can only get worse in days to > come. > Today it was the leopard of Mysore, tomorrow it could be the one in your > backyard. > > And all we animal people can say in the end is 'It is sad' ! > > Earlier during a human animal conflict we had lesser evidence and so most > of > the cases went in favor of us humans. > But now that we have television footage, stills etc just why cannot the > offenders be booked? > > We have countless incidents of Humans needlessly torturing and killings > bears in Kashmir, Leopards in many places, politicians on record claiming > to > have chased herds of wild elephants in the fringe areas of Kaziranga in > Assam on speeding vehicles firing shots from their licensed guns. > And most of that has been exposed in length and breadth in the media. > > I understand that poaching is the BIG issue which should be demanding the > maximum attention, but isn't the urban wildlife also under equal threat, in > fact a much bigger threat? > Most issues of human animal conflicts end up as FUN filled tale for urban > India. > > It seems now that the media is fighting a lone battle in India for most of > the issues while the enforcement agencies and other voices have taken a > back > seat. > > I remember having accompanied the forest personnels of Guwahati in leopard > rescues many times. > To keep the crowd away, the forest personnel here say just one sentence: > > " Stay indoors and quiet if you want the leopard to be captured, or create a > nuisance and face the wrath of the beast as we shall leave " > > This has worked here. > > I remember last year a Civet cat had strayed out and taken refuge on a tall > eucalyptus tree right in the campus of the Assam secretariat. > The Assam State Zoo DFO, Mr. Narayan Mahanta was the incharge of the > rescue. > All he did was just wait and watch. And he asked people including the panic > stricken Police whose office was right below the tree to carry their normal > work. > There were hundreds and thousands of people throughout the day coming to > watch the animal. > At dusk most left unable to force themselves into turning nocturnal. > At midnight when the animal found that there was no one down there, he > quietly descended and went to where he came from. > > Azam Siddiqui > > Link: http://broadband.indiatimes.com/showvideo/3490071.cms > > Mysore: Locals beat leopard to death > > -- > United against elephant polo > http://www.stopelephantpolo.com > http://www.freewebs.com/azamsiddiqui > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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