Overview
- Local residents alerted authorities after spotting a gaur wedged between two large Pune Municipal Corporation water-supply pipelines near Vishranti Nagar on Sinhagad Road, prompting a rescue on Tuesday.
- Pune Forest Division led a technically demanding, roughly two-and-a-half-hour operation that brought in police, the fire brigade, PMC staff, RESQ Charitable Trust volunteers and veterinarians.
- Veterinarians administered tranquiliser after two attempts, rescuers threaded ropes and a harness beneath the animal, and a crane was used to lift the gaur without further injury.
- After a preliminary field check the animal was taken to the Forest Department’s Transit Treatment Centre at Bavdhan for observation and medical clearance before being transported under supervision to Bor Tiger Reserve for release.
- Officials said the incident underlines rising encounters between forest patches near Pune and urban fringes and demonstrates the value of preexisting multi-agency protocols for wildlife emergencies.