Mount Abu Sloth Bears an update

Mount Abu Sloth Bears poached.

"After a census exercise, this year, it was estimated that there are approximately 350 sloth bears in Mt Abu. These solitary shaggy, dusty and dishevelled creatures normally wander alone, usually at night, in search of insects and wild fruit. I have encountered them many a time especially on the Delwara circuit and in front of the air force station. I have snapped them in the Kumharwada area in front of the St. Anna Church. I have photographs of them at my previous residence at Kumarwada. 

Sloth bears feed predominantly on termites and ants and employ a well-evolved method to dig them out. Their long, curved claws are used to penetrate nest mounds, which can be unyielding. Once they’ve opened a hole, they blow away excess dirt and then noisily suck out the insects through a gap in their front teeth. To do so, they close their nostrils and use their lips like a vacuum nozzle. The sound they emit gives them away. I have seen them scale the trees in the vicinity of the BSNL office to get the beehives. Once they find the hive, they are least concerned about who’s coming and who’s going. 

Today regrettably the sloth bear like most of our other creatures has been reduced to a second-class creature that has to depend on handouts offered by humans who have robbed them of their natural environment. Sloth bears are reviewed as vulnerable animals. Poachers think they're an easy target; their body parts fetch good prices. Claws, paws, teeth and gall bladder fetch a nice price on the poacher's market.

A female bear was trapped last week in Abu by some known offenders that have been poaching for years not only basic wildlife like the jungle wildfowl, spurfowl, hares, wild boar and of course the honey bear. The samba and porcupine have been hunted to such an extent that their population has dwindled to an alarming level of RED. 

But who gives a dam? People rave and rant and always want to protect the environment! Well! Let me elaborate. It's useless NO one gives a damn!

(Caution some pictures are gruesome)

The Female bear victim of Poachers

Body parts removed and  left to rot

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 Today a bear attacked a BrahmaKumari by Gyan Sarovar, in the early parts of the morning outside the complex on his morning walk. He was admitted to Global Hospital for treatment. He received surgery for about 5 hours because of his mauled condition. There has been a hue and cry by the public at large but what a contradiction in terms, a fortnight ago a female bear was trapped and killed by local poachers for her body parts, her paws, her claws, her teeth, her hair and other body parts were removed for aphrodisiacs and for charms to be sold to the traffic who indulge in the illegal trade of animal parts. There was just an investigation and two local poachers have been apprehended.

  Ghanshyam of Gyan Sarovar Art Gallery 

The operation performed at Global Hospital

Today I have confirmed that illegal trapping is still a very big factor in this Abode of ours look at the traps that have been retrieved for Tiger Path on Christmas day, which is the tip of the iceberg.  These traps were laid for. it’s obvious the few animals that roam here are the leopard, the bear or any other unfortunate animal that happens to be passing this route. Poaching is rampant in quite a few spots in Abu. Professional poachers poach rabbits and the porcupine exercises the area below Gurushiker and right up to Vastanji. The sunrise valley, the area around Upper Khodra and the Aarna area should be scanned for traps as in these areas the jungle fowl and spurfowl are the primary targets.

Two of these traps have been retrieved.

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