India News | Human-Animal Conflicts Claim Two More Lives in Kerala
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Kozhikode/ The issue of human-animal conflicts continued to haunt Kerala as two elderly persons lost their lives in attacks by wild animals in Kozhikode and Thrissur districts, respectively, on Tuesday.
Kozhikode/Thrissur, Mar 5 (PTI) The issue of human-animal conflicts continued to haunt Kerala as two elderly persons lost their lives in attacks by wild animals in Kozhikode and Thrissur districts, respectively, on Tuesday.
According to police, Abraham, a 70-year-old farmer, was attacked by an Indian gaur at his farm in Kakkayam area of Kozhikode district around 3 pm.
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Despite being rushed to Kozhikode Medical College Hospital, he succumbed to his injuries.
In Thrissur, a 62-year-old woman named Valsa, wife of a local tribal chief Rajan from Vachumaram area, was attacked and killed by a wild elephant in a forest area near Athirappally on Tuesday afternoon.
The incident occurred around 3.30 pm while she was collecting forest resources.
Valsa's body has been moved to Taluk Hospital Chalakkudy for post-mortem examination, police added.
The incidents occurred a day after an elderly woman died in a wild elephant attack in Idukki district.
The 72-year-old woman, identified as Indira, was trampled by the elephant at Kanjiramveli near Adimali on Monday.
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