—Photo: Express News
Lahore: Even today, the bloody sport of bear and dog fighting is held in various areas of South Punjab, and huge bets are placed on this game. Under the Punjab Wild Act, it is a crime to use wild animals in sports spectacles and make them fight dangerously, but despite this, bear and bear fights are held.
Assistant Director Wildlife District Muzaffargarh Abdul Razak arrested three suspects for illegal possession of a black bear and took one live black bear into custody while the local police station beat for the arrest of the rest of the accused and the recovery of other bears. After registering an FIR in Jatoi district of Muzaffargarh, Mir Khadar presented the three accused in the local court along with the property case. The court ordered the custody of the black bear to be transferred to Bahawalpur Zoo.
According to the investigation of Express News, this action was taken after the video of the fight between bears and monkeys went viral on social media. Qalandar, the spectacle of bears, plays a central role in this hideous game. And when an attempt is made to recover the bears from these Qalandars, these Qalandars with the help of local influential people thwart this effort and cleverly show the bears as a means of earning money by watching the spectacle of the bears in the street. However, sometimes the bears and dogs A bloody fight or a bear fight with a young child is a very dangerous game.
Ayeza Haider, an activist working for animal rights, says that bears are sent from Alipur and Jatoi, two tehsils of southern Punjab, to the entire Punjab. If Punjab Wildlife targets only these two tehsils, 98% of the bears can be taken into custody. are
Ayeza Haider said that from these tehsils of South Punjab, these bears cross the river Indus, Chenab, or Sutlej and are transported to Rahim Yar Khan, Rajanpur, Multan or Bahawalpur.
In He Bay Punjab, the sport of bear-infrared fighting is taking its last breath, if proper monitoring is done, it can end forever. Police and other administrative departments also need to play a role to stop this bloody game
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