Mangaluru, May 6: A day after a wild bison dies lost its life hours after being tranquilized in Mangaluru, another wild bison appeared in the Ashok Nagar area of the coastal city today.
In fact, two bison were spotted in Mangaluru yesterday. The two were reportedly wandering together early in the morning. Later one was spotted in Mannagudda and the other in Hathill area.
While one of them was tranquillized by an official of a Pilikula Biological Park and captured, another bison had gone missing.
The captured animal, however, died later in the day due to cardiac arrest.
According to official, it is common for herbivores, which are sedated to ensure their safe capture, to suffer cardiac arrest.
Meanwhile, Forest department officials have launched an operation to capture the second bison. It is believed that it is the same bison which went missing yesterday.
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