Archive · 6 Aug 2026
Five Injured in Sloth Bear Attack in Gujarat's Banaskantha
There is an animal called a sloth bear that lives in the jungle in a part of India called Gujarat.
One morning, the bear came near a village and hurt some people.
First, it hurt one person.
Then four other people got hurt because they went to help the first person.
All five hurt people were taken to a hospital.
The doctors say they are safe and getting better.
Many people from the village came to see what was happening.
The bear got scared and ran back into the jungle.
Now, forest workers are looking for the bear to rescue it.
A sloth bear attacked five people — a woman and four men — in Hasanpura village near Palanpur in Banaskantha district, Gujarat.
The injured victims were stable and recovering at a hospital, according to Deputy Conservator of Forests P G Gardi.
The attack occurred on Tuesday morning near the border of the Balaram-Ambaji Sanctuary in North Gujarat.
Four of the five people were hurt while going to rescue the first person the bear had injured.
Forest teams launched an operation to rescue the sloth bear after a crowd of around 300 gathered at the spot.
- Who
- A woman and four men were injured; Deputy Conservator of Forests P G Gardi confirmed the details on Wednesday.
- What
- A sloth bear attacked five villagers, prompting forest teams to launch an operation to rescue the animal.
- When
- Tuesday morning, with officials reporting the incident the following day.
- Where
- Hasanpura village near Palanpur, on the border of the Balaram-Ambaji Sanctuary in Banaskantha district, Gujarat.
- Why
- The bear injured one person, and the other four were hurt while going to rescue him; the bear then fled into the jungle as a crowd gathered.
- Incident
- Sloth bear attack
- Injured
- 5 people (1 woman, 4 men)
- Location
- Hasanpura village near Palanpur, Banaskantha district, Gujarat
- Proximity
- Border of the Balaram-Ambaji Sanctuary
- Victim status
- Stable and recovering at a hospital
- Crowd at spot
- Around 300 people
- Official response
- Forest department rescue operation to find the bear
- Reporting official
- P G Gardi, Deputy Conservator of Forests