KARGIL:  20 Live Stocks of One Syed Mohammad S/o Syed Hassan R/o Mirkhor Trespone has been attacked by Himalayan Bear and finished all. From the last one month Himalayan Bear is visiting TSG Block frequently and is attacking the live stock sheds by breaking the windows and the frequency has been increased from the last 7 days which has increased the risk for human life also.

Syed Mohammad while showing the dead bodies of his Sheep, told that all the 20 sheep and goats have been killed by the Himalayan Bear which has attacked the shed during the night. He told that all his assets has been lost as he earns his livelihood from these livestock’s by selling them and now is expecting some relief from the government which is paid on the basis of a committee recommendation in the year 2001, which is very low.

Syed Mohammad Urged upon the LAHDC Kargil and Deputy Commissioner Kargil to kindly enhance the relief money as now a day’s one sheep cost more than Rupees10,000 and all one gets as relief for a sheep or goat is rupees 1500 which very less. Burying the dead livestock one Syed Mujtaba a neighbor of Syed Mohammad told that now there is danger of human life in TSG Block and people used to go home early in the evening and fears to go outside during night.

He further added that there should be proper planning by the Government to trace out these wild animals so that no such incidents happens in the future. Earlier such an incident happens in Wakha village of Shargole Tehsil on 16th of November in which Snow Leopard has killed 25 livestock. 10 wildlife sanctuaries have been proposed in Kargil in late nineties and not a single has been approved till date due to which there is shortage of Staff in the department.

According to wild life warden Kargil there is only four permanent field staff, which includes two range officers, one guard and the Warden Himself and 13 consolidated labours. Responding to the shortage of man force in Wild Life Department, Chief Executive Councilor Haji Hanifa Jan told that he has already made proposal for getting the formal approval for the proposed 10 sanctuaries and will try to make the department a full-fledged wildlife division as proposed the government in the early times.

Haji Hanifa told that Kargil needs more than 60 employees for managing wildlife in the district and 32 more to control men wild conflict for which he has taken up the matter with the State Government. The compensation paid to the owners of the livestock by wildlife department has been approved in 2001 by a committee framed by the Deputy Commissioner Kargil in the year 1998 and till than the rate was not been revised on which Haji Hanifa told that he will soon take up the matter and will soon come with new compensation rate for those who lost their livestock.