IOK: Himalayan brown bear pelted with stones, thrown off ridge in Kargil
A helpless brown bear fell down a cliff after it was pelted with stones by the locals
(Web Desk) – The fight for turf between the humans and the wild, took an ugly turn when a shocking video of a Himalayan brown bear being pelted by the locals in Indian occupied Kashmir, tumbling down a cliff emerged on social media.
The Himalayan brown bear is omnivorous and poses no threat whatsoever to humans, it eats grasses, roots, plants, insects, small mammals, fruits and berries. Apart from this it also preys on large mammals, such as sheep and goats.
But the lack of trust and the fear of the unknown between the humans and the wild beast, led to a horrific display of survival of the fittest. When a helpless brown bear was seen in a video trying to escape death, attempting to move up the cliff, while locals were seen pelting it with stones, cheering on the fall of the poor creature, which could be seen loosing balance and tumbling down the mountain into the river.
The dilemma at hand is of co-existence and the way humans are taking over the wild habitat and then killing them in the process of safeguarding their own flesh and blood and livestock in the process.
The video caught the eye of Mehbooba Mufti, who raised a very potent question of why humans invade the wild creature’s habitat in the first place.
‘Heartbreaking & inhuman. Why invade their habitat in the first place?
Heartbreaking & inhuman. Why invade their habitat in the first place? https://t.co/gJQvh3QzUp
— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) May 10, 2019
After her tweet a number of people raised their concern over the bizarre treatment of the Himalayan bear.
Its a Shame on Humanity! They all should be thrown down like they did to this poor beer.
— Wajid Mirza (@MirzaWajid_Ali) May 10, 2019
Heartbreaking
— Vinit (@vinit1803) May 10, 2019
Hope the bear is alive
— Rahul Ray,Adv (@rayrahul) May 11, 2019
I am ashamed of myself being a human seeing this.
— Rajkumar Bhaduri (@rkbhaduri) May 11, 2019
Very sad
— Mayur Madhwani (@MayurMadhwani3) May 11, 2019
Heart wrenching. Such a beautiful creature and shy creation.
— Aamir Hameed Wani (@KahwJk) May 10, 2019
This is horrific.
— Whithergoesthou (@whithergoesthou) May 10, 2019
Very sad and shocking
— Wani Absar (@absar700) May 10, 2019
Very true . Sad to see the poor animal dying like this
— Kalpesh (@kalpesh_bohra) May 10, 2019
There wasn t such threat from this brown bear as they also survive on vegetarian.But after Army camp in Drass, their habitat space had been covered and sometime due 2 wastage of food by army their food habit also changed,now they attack on human villages as it was happend in past
— Mousavi_Saberi (@MousaviSaberi) May 10, 2019
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