A shocking video has gone viral on social media showing a brown bear tumbling into a stream from a steep mountain ridge after being stoned by people in Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir, prompting authorities to launch an operation to trace the animal.
The eight-second video — shared on Twitter by former director Tourism, Kashmir, Mehmood Shah –- shows a brown bear being stoned by people in Drass area of Kargil district in Ladakh region of the state.
This is macabre, happened today at Drass. pic.twitter.com/rtnqzghLF3
— Mahmood Ah Shah (@mashah06) May 9, 2019