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According to Forest Department's official data, 5 have been killed and 11 were injured in bison attacks between 2021 June and 2023 March 31.
As many as 81 lives were lost and 1,533 injured in wild animal attacks in the state since June 202
The Forest department has registered a case and arrested three people in connection with the case.
The wild animal suffered gunshot wounds inside the Sabarimala forest.After this, the bison turned violent and strayed into human-inhabited areas in Kanimala.
Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council urged govt to protect people's lives the way it safeguards wild animals after separate gaur attacks killed 3 persons in residential areas adjoining forests in Kollam, Kottayam
Soon after a gaur gored to death a man in Kanamala village in eastern fringes of Kottayam, district collector sanctioned the animal's killing. However, police and forest dept flagged differences with the order.
Two people were killed in Kottayam's Erumeli and one person near Kollam's Anchal in separate gaur attacks on May 19. Forest department's efforts are on to trace wild animal near Erumeli
A few days ago, forest officials arrested Karuppayya and Sabu Mathew, two officials from Gavi Forest Development Corporation in connection with the case.
The minister said compensation would be given to the injured people and families of the three people killed in the gaur attacks on Friday.
The man, Narayana Swamy, engaged in the act within a week before the case was registered, said the report filed by the Forest Department before the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Ranni.
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