Gazipur safari park staffer hospitalised after attack by deer

A staffer of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park has been left with broken bones after a Sambar attacked him.

Gazipur Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 4 March 2017, 10:13 AM
Updated : 4 March 2017, 10:13 AM

Sambars are large deer native to the Indian subcontinent, southern China and Southeast Asia.

Officials said Keeper Rokon Uz Zaman was attacked by a male Sambar as soon as he opened the cage.

"The deer attacked Rokon soon after he opened the cage to feed him. Both his hands have sustained fractures," the park's Acting Coordinator Md Shahabuddin told bdnews24.com.

Rokon is now being treated at Dhaka's National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic Rehabilitation, commonly known as the 'Pongu Hospital'.

Quoting doctors, Shahabuddin said he has gone through multiple surgeries and needs more time to recover.

The senior park official said that Sambars are aggressive in nature, especially during mating season.

The Gazipur safari park houses four of them, including two males.

"A few days ago, the same deer chased a journalist, who was trying to take a picture. Failing to get him, it then attacked the journalist's motorcycle," said Shahabuddin.