Bears of the Himalayan Mountains

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HIMALAYAN BROWN BEARS & GARBAGE

Since the Kargil war, the habitat and the prey base of the Brown bears has constricted so much that they are forced to survive on garbage dumps near the human settlements. 

Some surveys have said that their food consists of 75 percent plastic in various forms like chocolate wrappers, tetra packs of milk, rotten clothes, rubber, even glass bottles(one can be seen in the photograph).

This is causing severe kidney issues and other health problems in the population and even reducing their life span. 

The worst part is that these scavenging habits are being passed onto the next generations as well. In this picture one can see the mumma bear along with her cub feasting on the garbage. 

The bears cover a distance of several kilometres everyday to reach these dump-yards at dusk, feast on whatever is there for a few hours and then return to their caves by dawn.

It’s a sad state to see and this is painful.

The picture above was clicked at one of those dump-yards in Drass sector.

Drass, Jammu & Kashmir




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