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Savage cruelty towards a mother Brown bear with two Cubs in Iran08/12/2011 11:51:57Brown Bears in Iran
December 2011. A shocking video from Iran of a Brown bear with her two cubs has been published on the web; the mother has been killed and the two cubs, which have both been maimed, are crying in pain and terror. The brutal attack, which happened near the Iranian city of Samirom in Central Iran in early September, shocked and angered a great many people. The body of the dead mother bear and the pathetic cries of the cub make this a very disturbing video. Brown bear, the largest carnivore in Iran, is listed by the IUCN as "least concern" on a global scale, but its population in Iran is decreasing due to habitat destruction, poaching and shortage of prey. Beside financial pressure, local superstitions about medicines that can be obtained from bears' body parts, especially cubs, motivate many rural people to hunt this precious and defenseless animal. In Iran, environmental activists, NGOs and animal support groups have all protested about this dreadful and shameful incident, and even local people of Semirom declared their extreme discontent. The poachers have been arrested. We have not linked to the video as it is very distressing.
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I have seen the video and its is extremely distressing and upsetting. This video has really left a mark on me due to the fact that I cant believe how savage and barbaric humans can be towards animals and their defenseless offspring. I would like to know what has happened to these poachers and what the Iranian government have done to punish them, if they have been found?
What can be done to prevent such actions like these?
Posted by: Carly Jones | 11 Dec 2011 10:47:29