Wild gaur kills woman in Kotagiri

OOTY: A wild gaur killed a woman at Kotagiri hills near here as the man-gaur conflict took a serious turn in Nilgiris.

Thursday turned out to be a day of resurfacing of man-gaur conflict in Kotagiri.  For one Selvi Baby (42),  hailing from Milidhane village near Kotagiri hills, it was her daily routine to visit her tea garden nearby to pluck tea leaves. But, unfortunately, a wild guar which was hiding behind the bushes around began to gore her. Poor Selvi Baby, succumbed to injuries little later.

While this turned out to be a rude shock for the residents at Kotagiri, especially, in the Milidhane village as this village did not witness such a fatal incident of man-animal conflict in the recent times, this incident instantly triggered anger amongst the villagers. Meanwhile, the forest officials in Kotagiri limits appealed to the villagers to be extra cautious while entering farm lands.