22nd
September2019.
Wild buffalo (Indian gaur )
sighted in the forest of Bolangir.
Bolangir;
The recent sighting of a single Indian gaur,
locally called as jungli podh or wild buffalo , four days ago on the forest outskirt
of Bolangir town has brought cheers among the wildlife lovers here.
Wild buffalo
as called by local, is a shy and violent animal. When it gets food water and shelter,
it stays there. It is a shy animal. It becomes wild when comes in contact with
human being directly, points out a local wild life lover here.
In summer
this years a wildlife enthusiast managed to take a single photograph of wild
buffalo in the forest of Bolangir.By that time it appears to be a Juvenile wild
buffalo. Few months later nearby village people also informed about the
movement of wild buffalo to this correspondent ,besides others.
However it
is pertinent to mention here that wild buffalo (Indian gaur ) moves in heard, or
with a minimum of two. And given this situation, how a single wild buffalo is moving,
that remains to watch and needs further monitoring, points another wildlife
lover.
Three years
ago in the forest of Upparjhar,in Bolangir forest range, two wild buffalo were sighted. When local
forest staff tried to get a glimpse of then they sped away into the forest of Upparjhar
within minutes .
Effort to
get a comment on this situation from DFO Balangir Sri Sameer Satpathy was not
possible as his mobile replied “not reachable” when contracted by this
correspondent.
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