Maksam Tayeng

PASIGHAT, May 2: In what that can be cited as a commendable effort in wildlife conservation in state, an Asiatic Himalayan bear cub rescued in the first week of April by one Marmi Riba of Old Deka village under New Seren Circle in Lower Siang district was handed over to the Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation (CBRC) Pakke Tiger Reserve, Seijosa in East Kameng district on Thursday.
Informing about the rescue and handing over of the two-month old cub, Range Officer, Nari Forest Range of Pasighat Forest Division, Jumgo Geyi said it was too young to survive in the wild if released and it was a correct decision to hand it over to the rehabilitation centre. “On getting information of the rescue, we informed the authorities of the capital’s Biological Park, but due to nationwide lockdown, transportation of the cub was not possible. However, it was taken care by the rescuer with telephonic guidance from the Veterinary Officer of Biological Park. On pursuance of DFO Pasighat Forest Division,  Tashi Mize, officials of CBRC took custody of the cub in presence of the rescuer and forest officials including DFO, D. Ering Wildlife Sanctuary Tasang Taga,” Geyi informed.
As per sources, the cub’s mother might have been killed by hunters. It has been increasingly felt that the foothill mountains in and around Gutin Reserve Forest under Pasighat Forest Division from where the cub was rescued needs constant monitoring by the forest department to check illegal hunting. In recent years, the report of a Royal Bengal Tiger with cubs roaming around the forest areas of Gutin RF foothills surfaced and according to locals, a senior public leader of Ruksin area had also alerted that poachers/hunters are on the prowl for the tiger and its cubs. It can be recalled that the Asiatic Bear Rehabilitation Project was officially launched on March 15, 2002, after signing of a MoU between the Department of Environment & Forests, Arunachal Pradesh and Wildlife Trust of India. 
Since then CBRC has been the home to many rescued Asiatic Black bear cubs of the region.

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
      She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
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