Wild gaur attacks motorist in Keralam’s Kozhikode

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A scooter rider was injured after a wild gaur attacked him at Vattakkayam, near Peruvannamuzhi, early on Thursday (September 10, 2026), days after a man was killed in a similar incident at Vilangad in Kozhikode district of Kerala.

Kankapalli Aju was travelling along the Vattakkayam route when the gaur suddenly charged at him. He was thrown onto the road and suffered injuries. His scooter was also damaged in the attack. Local residents and passers-by took him to a hospital, where he is undergoing treatment.

The incident comes days after the death of V.C. Sunil, 40, a native of Nadapuram, in a gaur attack at Vilangad on August 29. Sunil, a court employee in Chengannur, was in his native place for the Onam holidays when he joined Forest Department officials in trying to drive a gaur away from an agricultural field. The animal charged at him when he could not move away. He suffered serious injuries and died while undergoing treatment at the Kuttiady Taluk Hospital.

Residents in the Vilangad area have complained that gaur incursions are posing a serious threat to farmers and that power fences erected at vulnerable locations have failed to keep the animals away.

Residents of Peruvannamuzhi have also sought urgent Forest Department intervention, saying wild animals are increasingly straying onto roads and into areas close to human habitation.

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