Overview

• The video, filmed on August 6, shows a mother Asiatic black bear refusing to leave her injured cub on Shahdol’s Gohparu–Jaitpur road for nearly an hour while a second cub clings to her back.
• Forest rangers arrived to guide the surviving cubs back to safety and attempted to revive the injured cub, which died in the early hours after the collision.
• IFS officer Parveen Kaswan shared the footage on X with a reminder that wildlife have the right of way on forest roads.
• Social media users and conservationists have criticized government road planning for neglecting wildlife corridors and urged enhanced signage, end-to-end speed tracking, and harsher driver penalties.
• The driver who fatally struck the cub remains unidentified and authorities have not disclosed any enforcement or investigation measures.