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7 injured in attacks by wild bears

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Press Trust of India Srinagar
Last Updated : Jan 21 2013 | 5:46 PM IST

The seven villagers were injured when they were attacked by black bears in their villages at Kathpora-Chursoo near Awantipora in Pulwama district and Laisoo-Devsar in Kulgam district yesterday, police said.

The bears had ventured into the two villages from nearby forests, they said.

While a bear, which injured three persons in Kulgam, was chased back into the forest by the angry villagers, the other was killed by Wild Life Department.

Earlier, November 8, a 35-year-old man was mauled to death by a wild bear near a forest in Uri sector of Baramulla district in north Kashmir. The bear was also killed by the villagers.

  

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First Published: Nov 12 2012 | 5:55 PM IST

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