They were celebrating a baby’s birthday, a tiger appeared and took his sister: the remains appeared in the forest | the Chronicle

Ada Yasir Mir, at the age of five, had put on a Barbie and a plastic tiara for her brother’s birthday. She rushed out of her room, calling her father to finish his tea and cut the cake. A few minutes later, a leopard took her from her family garden in a tragic case of animal attack.

Rural residence on the outskirts of the Indian quarter of Budgam received condolences from a large number of neighbors, who told local media that it was not the first wild animal seen in the region. Aijaj Ahmed, the girl’s uncle, claimed that such a sighting was captured on camera and reported to the Forestry Department, but the agency took no action.

Ahmed, accompanied by other relatives, neighbors and forestry officials, took action to the inconsolable cries of the young woman, but they only found traces of blood and the doll the girl was holding, lying on the floor. The next day, last Friday, Ada’s body was found in a green area close to the house.

The grieving family said goodbye to the young girl on Saturday, and several of the relatives, who were unable to attend the vigil due to restrictions against Covid, They have used Twitter to share the memory of the girl. Muskan mumtaz, an aunt of the girl, shared on the social network a video of Ada in response to the broadcast of a clip showing the recovery of the body of the girl. “Remember her like this“asked the woman:

This is not the first wild animal seen in the region

Sana Fazili, a journalist located in the area of ​​the attack, described her Twitter about the case. Responding to accusations from some users, that they blamed Ada’s family for letting her play in her garden when they knew there were wild animals roaming the area, Fazili posted:

“Before, blame the girl for playing in her home territory. Because everyone here is guilty except the authorities who did nothing despite the neighbors’ alert since February of this year“.

Ahmed explained in dialogue with NDTV than the green area where the leopard left the girl’s remains it is in fact a nursery maintained by the Department of Social Forestry. The agency’s plan was to grow seedlings that it would later plant in the forest area, but in the absence of maintenance the nursery has become a artificial forest, where wild animals began to inhabit.

“After his death, they began to prune the trees and prune the bushes, which they should have done years ago. We feel that the death of the girl This is a consequence of the actions of the Forestry Department“said the uncle. “She was an extraordinary girl, always smiling. What happened to him it shouldn’t happen to anyone“, he counted inconsolably.

The authorities’ response

Rachid Naqash, Regional Wildlife Guardian, told the portal PTI What “We alerted the Forest Service of the problem of the nursery and the presence of wild animals since four years, after the first sighting of a leopard in the area“.

The officer felt that his team reacted to the situation accordingly by launching a educational program It’s made of door-to-door agents inform neighbors of the safety measures they must take due to the presence of wild animals. Measures such as requiring that families don’t let your children out houses, “especially at sunrise and sunset“.

Naqash saved that his department captured a wild leopard a few weeks before the attack, and that their efforts can be seen by looking at the number of conflicts between humans and animals, that “is constantly slope in recent years despite labor shortages“.

Regarding the attack which claimed the life of Adda, Naqash admitted that the house adjoining the nursery there was no adequate fence to protect it. “The house has rabbits and poultry, and the girl was attacked while she was moving alone at dusk“said the official, who is not responsible for the attack as if neighbors and family were doing it.

“I can’t bear the burden of being nicknamed the girl killer“Naqash concluded in tears.