12-05-2025
60-year-old injured in bison attack at Choukul
Kolhapur: A 60-year-old man was injured in a gaur (Indian bison) attack on Sunday evening in Choukul village near Amboli, located in the Sawantwadi tehsil of
. This marks the second such incident reported from the same to information from the
, the victim, Jagannath Saba Gawade, had gone for a walk near his home in the Kalkadevi area of Choukul Madhliwadi. When he was about 50 metres from his house, a Gaur suddenly emerged and attacked him from behind.A team from the Amboli forest department, led by range forest officer Pramila Shinde, responded promptly. Gawade was first taken to the Primary Health Centre at Amboli and later shifted to the Sawantwadi sub-district hospital for further is not the first time the village has witnessed such a dangerous encounter with a bison.
In 2024, villager Sitaram Gawade sustained injuries in a similar attack in Choukul. In a more severe incident in 2022, a 70-year-old, Sonu Parab, lost his life in a
in Kegadwadi area of same village.
