Uttar Pradesh has a plan to combat rising crime in the state. It has decided to deputize some unlikely “lawmen.” Radio Australia reports:
A pride of lions is to be unleashed in India’s Uttar Pradesh state to help combat crime.
But environmentalists fear the lions might be the ones needing help in the face of sharp-shooting bandits blamed by police for 4,000 abductions and 180 murders in the region over the last five years.
Mohammed Hasan, Uttar Pradesh chief wildlife warden in the state capital, Lucknow, says zoos have already been contacted to assist with the plan.
I am not sure about this. Lions are known for their excessive brutality during arrests. That is why they were banished from the NYPD several years back.
A previous attempt to establish a sanctuary in the region of Chandraprabha, in eastern Uttar Pradesh, initially appeared to succeed.The lion population grew from three to 11 animals, but then the cats disappeared, presumably shot or poisoned.
Nobody likes to hear about a 187 on an undercover cat. This would be a great way to deal with the Meth problem in rural U.S. states as well.
