The deaths of tigers and other wildlife have brought to the forefront a situation where the ‘management’ of one animal leads to the accidental deaths of another. A hundred and twenty-one snares were dismantled in a single day by the Karnataka forest department in a massive combing operation around the Nagarhole National Park boundary on January 31. […]
Mother Bear Electrocuted By Poachers in MP; Cub Rescued
Tragedy struck at the Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi district when a seven-year old sloth bear and her two-month old cub were electrocuted while they were looking for food. The resultant injuries took the life of the mother leaving the young cub orphaned. Madhya Pradesh Forest Department officials report that a high-voltage trap […]
Sloth Bears Get More Protection in Madhya Pradesh
If you thoughts only tigers were in danger in India forests, think again. Not even the shy sloth bears have been spared of man’s greed and lust! The recent incidences of poaching in Madhya Pradesh state of central India of male sloth bears for their reproductive organs and gall bladders (which are used as key […]
Speeding Vehicles bring Early Death to Sloth Bears
CONCERN: Imagine a life where you are constantly living in fear that the next day may be your last as a bullet pierces your chest. Even if you are safe, your kid may not be, snatched right at birth to be sold in far off places. Miraculously, you evade these problems, but there is another […]
Pictures: From Wild Bear to Family Pet
Those who have read Jungle Book are not unfamiliar with Balu, the black bear, Mowgli’s friend, philosopher and guide. You might have sometimes even wished that you too had such a friend. But while we all can’t turn into Mowgli, one family in Lakhpada did get lucky when they adopted a stray black bear and made him a member of their loving family.
Bear Cub Saved from a Dancing Fate
There was a time in India when the streets were abuzz with animal performers especially those who could make the bears dance. With time the practice of torturing animals in the name of entertainment was abolished especially after bear dancing was made illegal by the government of India. But despite the ban in place for more than two decades, another case of illegal sloth bear capturing came into light when officials nabbed two suspects from Jharkhand with a nine month old bear cub.
Why India is losing its Sloth Bears
India is losing its sloth bears, also known as reech in the country. Killed out of fear, hunted for its body parts and driven out of its home the sloth bear is slowly moving towards a future when kids will only know it as a mythical, fairy world creature.