Subject: Bicyclist Mauled by RhinocerousSo I'm reading a CNN article about the terrible flooding in India 19 MILLION PEOPLE displaced from their homes! jeez, it's terrible. And buried in the middle of the article is this tidbit: On Friday, six people drowned in northeastern Assam state. One-horned rhinos straying from the state's Kaziranga National Park killed one person and injured two others, said state Revenue Minister Bhumidhar Barman. Jehir Ali, 28, was riding a bicycle near the village of Gendheli when a rhino charged at him, said Dhiren Gogoi, a wildlife official. "Ali fell down and was badly mauled by the adult rhino. He was shifted to a hospital where he died," Gogoi told The Associated Press. Seventy percent of Kaziranga Park has been flooded by the Brahmaputra River, forcing out several rhinos. "Two rhinos have entered villages in the area resulting in panic among the population," Diganta Barbaruah, another wildlife official, said. |