Even Animals are not safe under CPM rule in western India
Monday, January 12, 2009
Even Animals are not safe under CPM rule
*In 2009*
The latest victim of CPM hooliganism is a dog. His only crime being he
belonged to BJP activist
and
lawyer R Jayaprakash. Yesterday, CPM Goons attacked BJP activist and
lawyer R Jayaprakash' home in Thalassery killed the family's dog.
This is not the first time CPM gave political colours to animals and showed
their ire on them.
*In 1993*
In 1993, it was a strange case of CPM goons taking out their venom on
snakes. CPM workers
vandalised and set fire to the Parassinikkadavu Snake Park in
Kannur. The reason for the wanton destruction of what was one of the finest
snake sanctuaries in Asia, was the defeat of the CPM nominees in a recent
election to the governing body of the A K G Memorial Cooperative Hospital.
The election was won by candidates of the breakaway CPM wing, headed by M V
Raghavan, who is also president of a charitable society that manages the
snake park.
The two hours of vandalism took a high toll -- rare species of reptiles,
including 12 cobras, two king cobras and monitor lizards; migratory birds,
such as painted and grey storks, and peacocks, vultures, eagles, several
mynah species and rabbits were burnt to death. Some snakes that escaped the
flames were stoned to death by CPM workers.
*In 2001,*
In 2001 , the animals in Parassinikkadavu Snake Park again were victims of
the revenge drama played out by the CPM and its former leader M.V. Raghavan
in northern Kerala.
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The posse of 150 odd policemen who encircled the park at 4.30 in the morning
had been told just one thing. Make sure that no one would hamper the
wildlife personnel from locking up the park. They also had to help out the
wildlife officials to pack up the snakes in sacks, tie up full grown
crocodiles on to wooden logs. Some of the crocodile hatchlings were dumped
into a gunny bag. The hired hands showed little mercy while capturing the
animals. The snakes were pulled out by their tail, the crocodiles tied to
bamboo poles. They were all then packed tightly in gunny bags.
Raju, the lion-tailed macaque, which had suffered burns when the CPM cadre
vandalised the park in 1993, created a scene before being overpowered with
an injection. An unconscious Raju was bundled into a tiny wooden cage.
The idea was to drive them to Wayanad and Palakkad districts and release the
animals — many of them tamed and had lived only in cages — in the forests of
Western Ghats. The plan came unstruck as Mehr Singh, who in private circles
claims to be a classmate of the CPM general secretary Harkishen Singh
Surjeet, could not get clearance from the Taliparamaba magistrate to
transport the animals
Per high court order when the gunny bags were opened on Tuesday morning to
sent the crocodile hatchlings back into the swampy pit inside the park, 18
of them were already dead. One more died after it was released in the swampy
pit. The new-born crocodile tried to breathe fresh air. But it failed. It
breathed its last soon after it was set free.
One of the veterinary surgeons who conducted the postmortem of the dead
animals and birds said they had suffocated to death as they could not bear
the weight of grown-up crocodiles kept over them
As on Thursday, the count shows 23 crocodile hatchlings, a monkey, a cobra,
a white necked stork, one painted stork and a wood owl. Few animals, among
them king cobras, a lion-tailed macacque, are still nursing their injuries.
The only solace for a shocked public in Parassinikkadavu and in Kerala is
that the killings in Kannur this time is restricted to animals.
*Its a Strange world!*
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On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 4:44 PM, azam24x7 <azam24x7@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> http://timesofindia.
> Maoists
> attack Bengal zoo; kill scores of birds, 2 deerSukumar Mahato, TNN 21
> December 2009, 01:20am IST
>
> JHARGRAM: Maoists launched a brutal assault on a zoo in Jhargram town on
> Saturday night, firing indiscriminately into deer and black buck
> enclosures,
> setting fire to animal cages, burning hundreds of birds and beating the
> beat
> officer and forest guards. The actual toll is still being assessed, but two
> black bucks are confirmed dead and hundreds of birds burnt to ashes.
>
> Forest department officials are now scrambling to save an elephant herd
> that
> is headed in the direction. The attack on the zoo, just 2km from Jhargram,
> could be a strategic move because it connects the town with Jharkhand via
> Banstala and Manikpara. Once Maoists have access to it, they can easily
> reach Jharkhand. Jhargram is now surrounded by rebel strongholds. The
> attack, which took everyone by shock, is indicative of lawlessness in
> Maoist-hit Jangalmahal. It was followed by murder of two CPM leaders at
> Laudhiadham, just 6km away. Both were shot execution style with a bullet to
> the back of the head.
>
> The mindless massacre of animals indicates that the Maoists and PCPA may
> not
> have control over elements within the outfit. The tribal upsurge is rapidly
> turning into an uncontrolled reign of terror in Jangalmahal. PCPA president
> Santosh Patra could not explain the attack on the Jhargram Mini Zoo. He
> admitted that the mob which stormed into the sanctuary ëëwas not under
> their
> controlíí.
>
> The zoo in West Midnapore, about 220km from Kolkata, houses many endangered
> species, among them the gharial, sloth bear, and crocodiles. The only two
> black bucks were riddled with bullets and the carcasses taken away. A huge
> aquarium was smashed to bits.
>
> When TOI reached the zoo at 10pm, just half an hour after the attack, a
> huge
> bonfire was raging in front of the gate. Several trees could be seen
> blazing
> inside. Charred foliage, burnt branches and heaps of concrete ó remains of
> the boundary wall that was pulled down by rebels ó were strewn over a
> 300-metre area. Even 12 hours after the attack, wisps of smoke curled up
> from the ravaged cages.
>
>
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