Irate villagers throw stones at tiger cubs in Madhya Pradesh’s Seoni; watch video

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 a video shared by Adil, a large group of villagers are heard howling and a tiger cub is seen running away from the mob. Another clip shows a tiger cub limping and struggling hard to escape. Villagers are heard saying, “Catch it, catch it” and stones are seen thrown at the feline. The third clip shared by Adil also shows the tiger cub being attacked by stones while a person is heard saying, “don’t harm it” and many others shout “capture it”.

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।
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

— Adil (@wildsatpura) May 17, 2022

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

Actor Raveena Tandon shared a compiled clip of the incident and 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

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

This is so heart breaking! Humans are most inhumane!!!

— Dee. Deepa. Devika🇮🇳 (@DevikaRamarath1) May 18, 2022

Very Sad to see this….Ppl have no humanity at all…

— Preet Beryar (@PreetBeryar) May 18, 2022

A PTI report said that the two tiger cubs were rescued by a team of forest department officials. “The cubs, around 14-15 months old, might have come there to drink water. The villagers surrounded them with sticks and the Police and forest personnel reached the spot. A rescue team from Pench Tiger Reserve arrived around 2.45 pm. In a one-hour long operation, the cubs were caged and transferred to Kanha rescue centre,” chief conservator of forest (Seoni circle) SS Udde told PTI. Udde denied that the cubs were injured and said that they will be under the doctors’ care at Kanha rescue centre.