SEREMBAN: A general worker with the Negri Sembilan Veterinary Services Department lost his right leg after being gored by a selembu, at the department’s facility in Jelebu Road here on Jan 19.
Due to the severity of the injuries inflicted by the animal (a cross between a gaur and cow), doctors had to amputate the victim’s leg below his thigh.
Baharudin Hassan, 51, narrated the incident when met at his house in Kampung Jiboi Baru here yesterday.
He said the incident occurred while he was replacing the damaged fence at the animal’s pen.
There were two female and a male selembu in the pen and Roslan Mansor, an assistant veterinary officer, was trying to lure the animals to the adjacent pen.
Baharudin said the facility also housed other animals like deer, camels, Balinese cows, squirrels and birds. – Bernama
Selembu.
noun - Selembu is a cross between a gaur (Bos gaurus hubbacki) and a cow.
To know more about selembu, go here.
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