coimbatore a tiktok video of their pet dogs trying to eat a dead hare has cost three youngstersrs 7000 each as district forest officials fined them for the act which constitutes an offense under the wildlife protection actaccording to a forest official the blacknaped hare was killed after it was accidently run over by the vehicle in which the trio from mettuvavi near kinathukadavu in the district were travelling last week the boys he said collected the carcass and made a tiktok video for funin the video which has been doing rounds on social media since last week a youngster is seen holding the dead hare up in the air and letting three of his hounds take turns to jump and bite itthe official said we came to know about the video through ngos in chennai we subsequently formed a team to inquire into the incident earlier this week they arrested the youngster who was seen in the video and he spilled the beans on the remaining two the madukkarai forest range officials also registered a case against them under the wildlife protection actthe youngsters did it for fun and getting likes on social media but as it constituted a violation we fined them rs 7000 each and released them with a warning the official saidof late there has been a rise in incidents of people poaching small animals such as hares and monitor lizards and posting videos fearing them on social media the official said they have been keeping a close watch on such incidentswe are keeping a tab on content involving cruelty towards wildlife that are circulated on social media we have sources to inform us of such content in such cases we act immediately as we have solid evidence the official said