Guest guest Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 This message was forwarded to you by yitzeling. Comment from sender: This article is from The Star Online URL: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/8/24/nation/8740381 & sec=nation ________________________ Tuesday August 24, 2004 Panther attacks logger BY R.S.N. Murali KUALA PILAH: A 49-year-old logger survived a two-hour encounter with a panther in a jungle in Kundur, near here on Sunday evening. Lim Ah Kow from Taman Sri Gelugor here suffered serious injuries to his legs after being mauled several times by the animal which followed him up a tree. He described the panther as being & #147;as big as an adult Alsatian dog and pitch black in colour. & #148; Lim said he had trekked into the jungle with his friends to mark trees for felling at about 6pm when they heard an unusual growl upon reaching a dense spot, about 100 metres from where they parked their motorcycles. & #147;I saw something running towards us and then one of my friends who was ahead shouted & #147;rimau, rimau & #148;(tiger, tiger). We each climbed up a tree to get away but the panther followed me, & #148; he said at the Seremban Hospital, yesterday. He said he was shocked to see that the animal was a panther and not a tiger after he got on to the tree. & #147;I tried to chase away the panther for almost two hours from the top of the tree but it refused to leave. & #147;It then climbed up the tree, clawed my left leg and dragged me down. Its claws ripped the skin from both my legs. & #147;I reached out for my dagger, which I usually take along whenever I enter the jungle, and slashed the animal several times, & #148; he said. Lim said the injured panther subsequently released its grip on him and growled before fleeing into the jungle. He was rushed to the Kuala Pilah Hospital by his friends with the help of the orang asli community in the area. Lim was later transferred to the hospital here, yesterday. <p> ________________________ Your one-stop information portal: The Star Online http://thestar.com.my http://biz.thestar.com.my http://classifieds.thestar.com.my http://cards.thestar.com.my http://search.thestar.com.my http://star-motoring.com http://star-space.com http://star-jobs.com http://star-ecentral.com http://star-techcentral.com 1995-2003 Star Publications (Malaysia) Bhd. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of Star Publications is prohibited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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