Himalayan Black Bear

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I am shocked, absolutely horrified after reading the article below. I am urging that immediate arrest charges to be brought against the individuals responsible for such a premeditated, barbaric act of cruelty. How could the police stand ther and watch this happen without intervening and arresting these people? What was done to this animal should be punished by the full force of the law, not only for the sake of this tortured animal, but for an example to be set that this kind of treatment of any animal will not be tolerated. I await your positive reply. ------ * 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. * THE ARTICLE: 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.