The elderly man had gone to graze his cattle when a bear pounced on him in the forest range. The accident happened near the Kunuk River in the Gohparu forest range.
South divisional forest officer Shraddha Pendre reached the spot after receiving information about the incident.
According to the divisional forest officer's report, 75-year-old Chetan Prasad, a resident of Shahdol district who had gone to graze his cattles in the Gohparu forest range, was killed by a bear.
Continuous movement of bears has been observed in the Jaitpur Keshwahi area. They are roaming in residential areas in search of food.
Several videos have surfaced showing bears carrying food items from a cargo vehicle into the forest.
Comment: See also this small selection of similar reports from across the world in recent years indicating perhaps an increasing trend in such aggressive behavior:
- Bear attacks in Japan are at a record high - 212 people attacked, 6 killed in 2023
- Brown bear attacks group of campers, killing and eating one in southern central Russia
- Sloth bear mauls couple to death, eats their bodies in Madhya Pradesh, India
- 2 people killed in bear attack in Ulsan, South Korea
- Grizzly bear attacks, kills camper in western Montana - 9th fatal bear attack within the last year for North America
- Bear attacks increasing worldwide
Many more such records can be under the Topics-Animal heading located here. Reports of attacks by other species, such as dogs, elephants, sharks, alligators, bison, kangaroos, hyenas, leopards, cougars, tigers, pythons and sundry others (some non-fatal but atypical) have also been compiled - with the database going back to 2006. It's almost as though the Animal Kingdom has had enough of humanity in recent years and is revolting.