SRIKAKULAM: A female bear, believed to be around ten-year-old, which has created panic by killing an elderly man and causing severe injuries to six people and some cattle between Kidisingi and Vajrapukotturu localities in Srikakulam district in the past two days, was captured by forest officials with the support of police on Tuesday after hours of efforts.
It may be recalled that six persons were injured in the bear attack at Kidisingi on Monday. The attack comes a day after the sloth bear killed an elderly farmer K Kodanda Rao near a cashew orchard on Sunday.
The bear was sighted inside a shed of a farmer near a farm field at Kidisingi on Tuesday morning. The forest officials, including a rescue team from the Vizag zoo, with the support of the police, rushed to the spot to capture the wild animal. The forest and police personnel managed to stay the animal in the shed without giving any scope of slip from the spot.
