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Leopard attacks 8-year-old girl in Amreli, India

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An eight-year-old girl sustained serious injuries after being attacked by a leopard in Piyava village of Savarkundla taluka in Amreli district. The girl Janu Katariya is being treated at a hospital in Amreli.

A native of Madhya Pradesh, Janu was sleeping outside a makeshift tenement in a farm on the outskirts of the village when the wild cat attacked her at around 2am.

Her father Indra Singh, who was irrigating the farm, rushed to the spot on hearing the noise to see the leopard carrying away his daughter. He threw an iron equipment at the leopard to save his daughter following which the animal dropped the child and fled.

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Indian woman kills leopard with sickle after half-hour battle

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© EuropicsKamla Devi suffered several injuries after she fought off a leopard.
Kamla Devi, 56, says she battled with the animal for half an hour after it attacked her while she was tending her fields
A 56-year-old Indian woman is recovering in hospital after killing a leopard that attacked her, as she tended her fields armed only with a sickle.

The woman told Indian broadcaster CNN-IBN that she battled with the leopard for half an hour on Sunday morning before finally delivering a killer blow with her sickle.

"The leopard lunged at me many times and we fought for a long time," she told the channel from her hospital bed in the northern state of Uttarakhand, her arms bandaged and a big scar across her right cheek.

"I got hold of my sickle and fought with it. That's when the leopard was killed," said the woman, named as Kamla Devi.

Devi, who was widowed a few years ago, told the Hindustan Times she was terrified when the leopard attacked, but was determined not to succumb.

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2 farm workers attacked by leopard in India

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Two labourers were today attacked by a leopard, which strayed into a farm in Kolipalam in the district, police said.

The labourers were working in a banana farm when the leopard suddenly appeared from behind some bushes and bit one of them on his thigh, police said.

The other man screamed and tried to rescue his friend but was also attacked by the feline, which bit him on his abdomen and leg, they said.

Other workers raised an alarm following which the leopard retreated into the forest, police said.

Both workers have been admitted to a government hospital in Gudalur, police added.

Source: Press Trust of India

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Man-eating leopard preys on drunk villagers in the Didihat region, Himalayas

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© GettyMan-eater: The leopard has claimed 13 victims over the past 30 months
Big cat has attacked and killed 13 people and is terrorising around 50 remote villages in the Didihat region of the Himalayas

A man-eating leopard has claimed more than a dozen victims as villagers fear it is targeting drunk men returning home after boozing sessions.

The jungle cat has spread its reign of terror over the past two-and-a-half years, in the Didihat region of the Kumoan hills in Himalayan India.

Repeated attempts have been made to shoot the elusive leopard after the Uttarakhand Forest Department declared it as a man-eater.

The beast began its killing spree in January 2012, attacking a 46-year-old man from the Simar village.

And the spotted killer went on to claim five more victims that year and five in 2013.

So far in 2014, two more victims have perished, the latest one a 44-year-old on August 1.

Villagers have voiced fears that the animal is preying on men stumbling home drunk after dark.

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35 feet long humpback whale found dead on Mumbai coast, India

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A dead Humpback blue whale on the shores of Mumbai has once again brought to the fore the threat to the aquatic marvel which over time has been facing problematic conditions in the sea. The whale which was found dead is 35 feet long.


Source: NNIS

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2 killed in separate wild elephant attacks in India

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Elephant breaking a branch after a charge.
Two people were killed in separate elephant attacks on Thursday. A tribal man was trampled to death by a wild elephant near Pasumani Pudur, a village near Palamalai in Coimbatore district on Thursday. He was heading towards his village on foot along with his friend through the reserve forest area when the elephant attacked him. Meanwhile, in Krishnagiri, a tusker trampled a 47-year-old woman when she went to attend nature's call early Thursday morning.

In the first incident, K Pallikoodathan alias Nanjan, 65, a daily wage worker and his friend P Ramasamy, 66, had gone to Kannimar temple located at Tholampalayam near Karamadai on foot on Wednesday evening. They offered their prayers to the goddess and stayed on the temple campus for the night.

On Thursday morning, the duo was heading towards their village by walk through reserve forest area. When they were near Pasumani Pudur, the duo had noticed two wild elephants. A tusker started to chase the duo.

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Wild elephant attacks kills two in Sri Lanka

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2 persons died following a wild elephant attack in Henayaaya - Ampara and Paladaagama - Thambowa.

58 year old person died after being attacked by a wild elephant in front of his residence in Paladaagama - Thabbowa.

According to Karuwala-gas-wewa Police, the victim who received severe injuries succumbed to his death after he was admitted to Puttalam Base Hospital.

Meanwhile, 51 year old resident of Maha-naaga-pura - Ampara died following a wild elephant attack in Hena-yaaya - Ampara yesterday.

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Eight elephants attack town; one person reported dead in Ghana

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One person is reported dead in an elephant attack at a town in the Garu Tempane District of the Upper East region.

The animals numbering about eight were said to have attacked Nate township Friday morning and destroyed farms in the area.

The Presiding Member of the Garu Tempane District Assembly, Mr Dahamani Alaal confirming the story told Graphic Online that police personnel have been deployed to the town to drive the animals away.

The elephants were said to have strayed into the area and initially did not disturb anyone.

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Three tourists escaped with only minor injuries after elephant overturns car in Kruger Park, South Africa

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The damaged car after an elephant attacked it in the Kruger National park.
Three tourists escaped with only minor injuries after their vehicle was attacked by an elephant in the Kruger National Park on Thursday.

The incident occurred at about 7.15am on Thursday morning, said Kruger National Park spokesman William Mabasa.

"The tourists, two men and a woman, were on their way to Letaba Rest Camp and stopped the Sable Dam, which overlooks a sleep-over hide and has an abundance of animals that gather to drink," Mabasa said.

The elephant was drinking water from the dam on the opposite bank to the vehicle when it crossed the dam. In the resulting chaos the animal - which averages in weight to more than five tons - gored the small family sedan and turned it onto its roof.

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One person killed in wild elephant attack in Sri Lanka

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Elephant breaking a branch after a charge
A 51-year-old person was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Serunuwara area in Trincomalee, last night.

The Wilgamuwa police have identified the deceased as Y. Selvarajan who was a resident of lingipuram, Trincomalee. According to the police, the tragedy occurred while the victim was at his paddy field.

The person according to the police had died instantly after the elephant attack and his body had later been taken to the Trincomalee General hospital.

The autopsy of the deceased will conduct, today.