Lioness dies after getting trapped in barbed wire in Gujarat

Ahmedabad: A fully grown lioness was killed in Junagadh district after getting trapped in a barbed wire when it tried to enter a farm house, forest officials said today.

The incident took place at Vokala village in Dungar (north) range of Junagadh forest area last night when the lioness got ensnared in a wire fencing set up at a farm and died after getting fatally hurt in the abdomen, Chief Conservator of Forest, Junagadh S K Mehta told PTI.

The officials obtained her body after being informed by one Rakesh Domadia, whose farm is located near the site where the incident took place, he said.

According to the officer, the body was sent to the forensic science laboratory and a post-mortem report was awaited.

Farm owners in the area generally set up such barbed fencing to avoid blue bull, wild boar and other animals from crossing over to the farm land and destroy standing crops.