In South Coorg, elephants, tigers, bears attacking men are a common occurrence. But now, a child being attacked by a wild boar is the cause of concern to the people. On Monday morning, a boar attacked a child Lakshmi (6) near Kirgoor Honnikoppa, Ponnampet. After the child's parents started screaming the boar ran into the nearby coffee estate and escaped.
Estate worker Suresh, along with his daughter Lakshmi, started from his relative's house near Maayamudi, in an auto, towards his house in Kirgoor Honnikoppa to start the day's work, when the incident occurred. While walking towards his house, after getting down from the auto at the road near the house, the boar which was in the estate suddenly attacked the child. Though Lakshmi has escaped death, her left leg is severely wounded.
Immediately the villagers rushed to the spot and sent the child, to Gonikoppa government hospital. Since this place belongs to Thithimathi forest area, wild animals from the forest keep wandering into the estates. Karnataka state farmers association Ponnampet division convener Aalemada Manjunath urged the people to be careful regarding the wild animals.
(This article is translated by xklsv internet media pvt. Ltd, from shakthidaily.info; the Shakthi Daily is not liable for any errors in translation.)
