Kozhikode: The issue of human-animal conflicts continued to haunt Kerala as two elderly persons lost their lives in attacks by wild animals in Kozhikode and Thrissur districts, respectively, on Tuesday, March 5.
According to police, Abraham, a 70-year-old farmer, was attacked by an Indian gaur at his farm in Kakkayam area of Kozhikode district around 3 pm.
Despite being rushed to Kozhikode Medical College Hospital, he succumbed to his injuries.
In Thrissur, a 62-year-old woman named Valsa, wife of a local tribal chief Rajan from Vachumaram area, was attacked and killed by a wild elephant in a forest area near Athirappally on Tuesday afternoon.
The incident occurred around 3.30 pm while she was collecting forest resources.
Valsa’s body has been moved to Taluk Hospital Chalakkudy for post-mortem examination, police added.
The incidents occurred a day after an elderly woman died in a wild elephant attack in Idukki district.
The 72-year-old woman, identified as Indira, was trampled by the elephant at Kanjiramveli near Adimali on Monday.
