After 15 hours of an arduous operation on Saturday, forest officials with help of local police, municipal authorities and tehsildar rescued a male wild bear, which had entered into Jajpur Road late on Thursday night.
The bear aged 15 years with good health was later transferred to the Nandankanan Zoological Garden in Bhubaneswar.
“It roared dangerously till midnight. Hence the forest officials could not transferred it easily. At about 1 am it was transferred to the Nandankanan Zoological Garden,” said a forest official.
In another incident, two deer were injured in dog bite under Bayree range under the Cuttack Forest Division. Sources said, the two deer had come to drink water in a nearest stream. later a few dogs attacked and injured them by biting. Some villagers rescued one deer and intimated the matter to forest officials. Similarly, on Friday, another deer was injured by some dogs. The villagers rescued the animal.