Jalpaiguri: Do not be tracked for two days in a row, the Forestry Department is now trying to trap a bear that has entered Jalpaiguri town recently.
No, here a honey trap does not mean female bear.
Literally means honey has been used as bait in a cage placed to catch the animal department.
The Ministry of Forestry has put the cage on the left bank of the River Karala and has put nearly seven kg of honey in a cage disguised.
To give a raw look honey, they have been managing most of Honeycomb and dipped in honey and put it in a cage.
“This is a desperate attempt by the Department of Forestry.
Unless black bear Asiatic traced and arrested, it will be a hard day for them.
A wild animal in a town with a population of more than two lakh always a cause for concern,” says Shyama Pandey of Spoar (Ophiofauna and the community to protect the rights of animals).
While the department busy concentrating on Jalpaiguri bear this, another bear visible in Malbazar town on Thursday.
Animals were sheltering in the wedding hall.
After hours of effort, Foresters managed to calm the animal.
It was brought to their natural habitat and released there.
Later in the evening, another bear visible in tea gardens in Malbazar.
A total of 17 bears have wandered from the forest in just 19 days.
While someone diindik by a mob, another was missing.
North Bengal forest officials do not know why and where the bear is coming.
While some blame the new road construction is ongoing Oodlabari to Gangtok, others are not ready to buy the idea.
“This road away from the bear habitat of Neora Valley.
The possibility of a rehabilitation program bears that occur in Bhutan may lead to these incidents,” said Biswapriya Rahut, an environmentalist.