Bear enters Primary Health Center premises, Video goes on viral

Keonjhar: Fear gripped the Gadabandogoda area under Anandpur forest range of Anandpur Wild Life Division of Keonjhar district after a wild bear entered in the Primary Health Center premises on Saturday night.  Local villagers said a wild bear entered the hospital as soon as dusk fell, coming from the nearby Baranga Reserved Forest. To avoid incidents, there is a demand to build a wall around the health center. A video of a bear moving within the hospital premises went viral, the bear fled after a group of stray dogs barked upon seeing it.

                                         
Sources said that four to five wild boars often move from the Baranga reserve forest to the nearby Gadabandogoda village  in search of food. On Saturday night, a wild bear entered the hospital premises and rested on the floor.  Consequently a group of stray dogs started barking when they saw it. The bear ran away. This incident has spread panic among the medical staff as well as the villagers.

       “Since the Barang Reserved Forest is nearby, a group of  bears often comes near the hospital. Staff with vehicles have been provided in that area to monitor and track the movement of the bears and other wild animals,” said  Prashanta Kumar Panda, Divisional Forest Officer of the Anandpur Wildlife (WF) division.