Extra-ordinary courage shown by women to save her children from Leopard in Gir Forest Area

15-12-2007

Extra-ordinary courage shown by women to save her children from Leopard in Gir Forest Area

Gujarat Samachar (Briefly translated from Gujarati)

December 14, Junagadh: A women was living with her family in a tent in Sugar cane farm in Savni village in Talala Taluka. She had come with her husband from outside Gujarat state to work as labour in agriculture farms. They were living in tent with their three children (one to four years old). She was aged about 30 years.

On Thursday night her children were sleeping inside and she was sleeping outside near the gate of the tent. Her husband Fakirabhai had gone out for the work.

In the mean time, on chilly night, she was awakened by noise of leopard trying to enter the tent. She courageously tried to block the way of leopard. In turn leopard attacked her furiously and seriously injured her. During this fight, noise awakened other people and the leopard ran away.

Later she was admitted to the hospital and had about 40 stitches on her wounds.