In one of the videos posted by Adil, a group of villagers could be heard shouting while a tiger cub could be seen running away from the crowd. ‘Catch it, catch it,’ the locals could be heard saying. Another clip posted by the user shows the cub being attacked by stones while a person asks to not harm it but others insist on capturing the feline.
Representational Image. Twitter
Two tiger cubs in Madhya Pradesh’s Seoni were seriously injured after villagers pelted stones on them. In videos that went viral, a tiger cub could be seen running away while stones are being thrown at it. The incident has irked social media users.
A Twitter user shared a photograph of two tiger cubs and informed that the duo were spotted by Belgaon villagers near a pond while they were on their way to collect tendu leaves. Later, the forest department and Pench Tiger Reserve officials were notified.
आज प्रातः सिवनी जिले के बेलगांव नामक ग्राम के ग्रामीणों द्वारा तेंदूपत्ता संग्रहण करने जाते समय तालाब के पास दो शावकों को देखा गया था और वन विकास निगम बरघाट परियोजना सिवनी को सूचना दी गई , तत्पश्चात निगम द्वारा इसकी सूचना पेंच टाइगर रिज़र्व को दी गई । 1/2 #tigerrescue #tiger pic.twitter.com/IFrZfxtlUu
— Adil (@wildsatpura) May 17, 2022
In one of the videos posted by Adil, a group of villagers could be heard shouting while a tiger cub could be seen running away from the crowd. “Catch it, catch it,” the locals could be heard saying. Another clip posted by the user shows the cub being attacked by stones while a person asks to not harm it but others insist on capturing the feline.
पहले से कमज़ोर और कुपोषित बाघ के शावकों को बड़े बड़े पत्थरों से मारा गया है, वन विभाग के स्थानीय कर्मचारी कहां थे ? क्यों उक्त स्थान पर इतनी भीड़ जमा होने दी गई ? मामला दर्ज कर विडियो में दिखाई दे रहे लोगों से पुछताछ कर दोषियों पर कार्रवाई की जानी चाहिए। 2/2 @BBCHindi @ndtvindia pic.twitter.com/miUJZwYUc6
— Adil (@wildsatpura) May 17, 2022
बाघ के शावकों के साथ हुई इस क्रुरता पर मामला दर्ज किया जाना चाहिए और संबंधित वन परिक्षेत्र अधिकारी को कारण बताओ नोटिस जारी किया जाना चाहिए।
— Adil (@wildsatpura) May 17, 2022
हमें सिवनी में हुए इस बेहद गंभीर मामले पर वन विभाग का अधिकारिक बयान चाहिए। 1/2 @PenchMP @minforestmp @CMMadhyaPradesh @KrVijayShah pic.twitter.com/v4mWs00EQE
According to a PTI report, a team of forest department officials rescued two cubs. Chief conservator of forest (Seoni circle) SS Udde told the news agency that the cubs were around 14 to 15 months old and might have come there to drink water.
He added that the villagers surrounded them with sticks and soon police and forest officials reached the spot. Udde further said that a rescue team was also called from Pench Tiger Reserve, who came, caged and later took the cubs to Kanha rescue centre.
Sharing a video of the incident, actor Raveena Tandon wrote, “Vote banks come first. There is no humanity left in this world. Hope those “empowered” humans pelting stones on a lil baby, burn in hell.”
Vote banks come first. There is no humanity left in this world. Hope those “empowered” humans pelting stones on a lil baby ,burn in hell. https://t.co/9S6c9AK4mR
— Raveena Tandon (@TandonRaveena) May 18, 2022
Several others also reacted to the incident saying ‘strict legal action should be taken against the culprit’.
This animal cruelty has to be stop and strict legal action against the culprit should be taken….. Unfortunately it's not easily done……
— Ashok GS Negi (@ashoknegi1981) May 18, 2022
Very Sad to see this….Ppl have no humanity at all…
— Preet Beryar (@PreetBeryar) May 18, 2022
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