Lion attacks youth in Junagadh district

08-06-2011
Lion attacks youth in Junagadh district
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A youth was injured in an attack by a lion in Ambalash village of Talala taluka in Junagadh district on Monday night, forest officials said. The youth, Rabari, was attacked when he tried to drive away the wild animal after it killed a sheep on the outskirts of the village. According to forest officials, Rabari was asleep at a farm and his sheep were resting nearby at night, when a lion came in search of prey and killed a sheep. Rabari got up due to the noise and tried to drive away the lion. However, the animal attacked him and left him injured. Rabari was later admitted to a hospital in Junagadh. In a different incident that took place in the last week of May, a lion cub that strayed into Mandorana village of Talala taluka in Junagadh and was later handed over to the forest officials, when it was found outside the house of a villager, sources said.