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A bear cub has been tortured to death in Castaños, a city in the Mexican state of Coahuila, in the presence of law enforcement who can be seen smiling and laughing in pictures that captured the heinous act.
Mexico News Daily reports that the cub, approximately 5 months old, entered the village, believed to be looking for water, where residents tied the cub’s legs together before beating him/her and choking him/her to death.
The sickening pictures posted on social media show people dragging the baby bear along the ground with a rope. These so-called people can be seen holding and pulling the rope at both ends while the baby bear is in the middle until he/she collapses.
Arturo Islas Allende, a well-known Mexican actor, TV presenter, and producer, is also an acclaimed environmental activist who posted the gruesome pictures on his Facebook account. In a Facebook post he wrote: “With only 4 months old, this bear is treated worse than the cruelest criminal in Castaños Coahuila, his only sin was to approach the people to look for some water, what they did to this animal is a FEDERAL CRIME PROFEPA must act fast, in addition gives rage to see in the evidence that there was police presence and did nothing but smile and have fun as if it were a circus event, Miguel Angel Riquelme Solis is the current governor in Coahuila, let's write to him with the same impetus they showed the tracking elements and the villagers of that place in all their publications to act soon against that band of social misfits, what a thought, there is a bear looking for water, let's kill it in team. Shame on you Coahuila!”
PROFEPA is the Mexican Attorney General for Environmental Protection and in a press release the agency said that it launched a criminal investigation into the murder of the baby bear which could be classified as a “crime against biodiversity.”
PROFEPA further said that the killers could face jail time and fines and stressed that it is committed to the protection of wildlife.
According to Mexico News Daily, Governor Riquelme Solis said on Twitter: “At #Coahuila we will not tolerate animal abuse, our commitment is to ensure the protection of our species and the environment. This act of cruelty will not go unpunished.”
Meanwhile, In Defense of Animals, the animal protection organization founded in San Rafael, California, is encouraging us to take action and demand justice.
Please, click here to learn more. Thank you!!!!
Words cannot express what I am feeling right now. But I do echo Arturo Islas Allende's statement, ¡Qué vergüenza Coahuila!
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