FIGHTING AN ENRAGED PANTHER
A gruelling fight between a panther and four Mahratta wrestlers is reported from the Pooma district, writes an AngloIndian correspondent to the “Dail Chronicle.” Passing through some fields the wrestlers unwittingly disturbed a panther with a-cub. The mother- sprang at one mi .1. and began to maul him. Another wrestler seized the animal round the middle and swung it round. It bit one of his hands to pulp, and tore the muscles of both arms. A third wrestler, who had a small axe, ran up and struck the panther i the middle of the back, inflicting a severe wound, but the brute retorted by tearing the villager’s chest - open and inflicting other injuries. Seizing the axe, the fourth man split open the panther’s skull, but not before a stroke from the animal’s claws had ripped off part of his scalp. One of the four wounded wrestlers has died.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 175, 20 April 1929, Page 27
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