Friday, April 20, 2012

The wolf and the goat -- a true story

In village Namner, in Dausa district of Rajasthan, India, a wolf from the neighbouring forests, chased a goat. The goat, running away, fell into a well, and the wolf, following, fell in too.
Both spent the night there. Did they communicate? Did they make friends? Whatever they did, the wolf did not attack and kill the goat.
The goat kept bleating, and in the morning villagers gathered around. Officials of the forest department reached there. Using ropes, they managed to bring both animals up, unharmed. The wolf was released and raced for shelter into the forest. The villagers hate wolves, but persuaded that it was only a hyena, they let it go. The goat was returned to its owners.
{the story is reported in several newspapers]

1 comment:

Chanda said...

Great! Hadn't seen this report.