Indian gaur, calf shot dead inside forest near Siddapura

MADIKERI: Unidentified miscreants shot dead an Indian gaur and its calf inside the Avaregunda reserve forest near Siddapura in the Kushalnagar wildlife division on Monday night.

The gaur was aged about 10 years and its calf about one year old. The miscreants entered the forest at night, shot the animals dead and slit their throats in Halal style, Forest Department officials said.

On hearing the shots being fired, the Forest staff immediately reached the spot, followign which the miscreants abandoned the animals in the forest and fled. Senior officials visited the spot and the carcasses were sent for autopsy. The Forest officials are now on the lookout for the killers.