{"id":89471,"date":"2025-07-20T23:22:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T17:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/?p=89471"},"modified":"2025-07-20T23:22:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T17:52:00","slug":"38-year-old-man-injured-in-bear-attack-in-kulgams-devsar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/20\/38-year-old-man-injured-in-bear-attack-in-kulgams-devsar\/","title":{"rendered":"38-Year-Old Man Injured in Bear Attack in Kulgam\u2019s Devsar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jeg_navbar_mobile_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_navbar_mobile jeg_sticky_nav\" data-mode=\"scroll\">\n<div class=\"jeg_mobile_bottombar jeg_mobile_midbar jeg_container normal\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"jeg_nav_row\">\n<div class=\"jeg_nav_col jeg_nav_center jeg_nav_grow\">\n<div class=\"item_wrap jeg_nav_aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"jeg_nav_item jeg_mobile_logo\">\n<div class=\"site-title\">Kulgam, July 20: A 38-year-old man sustained injuries in a bear attack on Sunday morning in the Devsar area of south Kashmir\u2019s Kulgam district, officials said.<\/div>\n<div class=\"site-title\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"site-title\">The injured has been identified as Shabir Ahmad Shah, son of Ghulam Ahmad Shah, a resident of Qasba Devsar. According to officials, the incident occurred when Shabir was on his way to his orchard to spray pesticides and was suddenly attacked by a wild bear.<\/div>\n<div class=\"site-title\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"site-title\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"site-title\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"site-title\">Locals present nearby rushed to his aid and immediately shifted him to the Primary Health Centre (PHC) Devsar, where he was given initial treatment. He was later referred to the District Hospital Kulgam for further medical attention. Officials stated that his condition is currently stable.<\/div>\n<div class=\"site-title\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"site-title\">Following the incident, the Wildlife Department Devsar, under the supervision of Incharge Imtiyaz Ahmad, launched a search operation in the area. A cage has also been installed in an effort to trap the bear and prevent further incidents.<\/div>\n<div class=\"site-title\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"site-title\">Authorities have urged residents in the vicinity to remain cautious and report any sightings of the wild animal.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kulgam, July 20: A 38-year-old man sustained injuries in a bear attack on Sunday morning in the Devsar area of south Kashmir&rsquo;s Kulgam district, officials said. The injured has been identified as Shabir Ahmad Shah, son of Ghulam Ahmad Shah, a resident of Qasba Devsar. According to officials, the incident occurred when Shabir was on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89472,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kashmir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89473,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89471\/revisions\/89473"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}