Heartbreak over cub confiscation
BHUBANESWAR, India: A tribal man in India who rescued an abandoned bear cub to help his daughter overcome her mother’s death has fallen foul of forest officials.
They confiscated the animal arguing that its capture was in contravention of wildlife laws.
As a result, Ramesh Munda, 35, was briefly jailed and the bear was sent to a zoo where some reports say it has refused to eat.
His daughter is now distraught over the loss of a “much-loved” family friend.
Munda, who is also known as Ram Singh, rescued Rani almost two years ago from the dense forest of Keonjhar in the eastern state of Orissa.