Buffalo gores man to death in northern Australian town
SYDNEY, Australia: A man living in a remote town in northern Australia was gored to death by a wild buffalo then seriously burnt in a bush fire, police said Thursday.
"This is a tragic incident for the family,'' said police officer Tony Fuller from the northern town of Nhulunbuy.
"Unfortunately occasionally incidents like these are bound to happen when we have a high concentration of people living in a remote area that is surrounded by natural dangers such as buffaloes, crocodiles and the like,'' Fuller said.
The 46-year-old victim was reported missing on Sunday and his body discovered on Monday in scrub less than a kilometer (half mile) from his home outside Nhulunbuy, about 700 kilometers (435 miles) east of the northern port of Darwin.
Police forensic officers were called to establish the cause of death because his body had been badly burned in a bush fire.
A herd of buffalo has been roaming around Nhulunbuy for weeks. The animals already have been blamed for several traffic accidents.
Earlier this month, police and wildlife officers said they planned to shoot the most bothersome buffaloes and feed them to the animals at a local crocodile farm.
Thousands of buffaloes, which are not native to Australia, roam wild around northern Australia, causing significant damage to the environment.--AP
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