Kankadbhitta (Jhapa), July 12: A Blue Bull’s calf was caught within the thicket of a tea garden at Aathmauja area of Khajurgachi – 5 in Jhapa on Monday.
The wild bull had gotten tangled in the layers of twigs when the locals noticed it and informed the police. The bull was allegedly headed south.
It was caught successfully by Area Police Office and Armed Police Force, Gauriganj along with the help of the locals. As the locals had no clue of what kind of species they had caught, it was decided they would seek the help of the Area Forest Office – Beldandi, which confirmed it as a calf of Blue Bull.
Assistant Forest Official, Parshuram Thakur, claimed that the bull was heading south towards a marshland located at Jamunakhadi.
The Blue Bull with scientific name ‘Boselaphus tragocamelus’ is the largest Asian antelope found largely in the Indian subcontinent. RSS
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