Hyderabad, Feb. 9 -- The Indian Bison or gaur that was found in Yadadri district of Telangana early this month died during its translocation after being tranquillized by veterinarians of the forest department.

The forest department officials formed ten teams and located them at Reddy Naik Thanda in Bhuvanagiri Mandal. The officials planned to tranquilize the animal on Friday and they were successful after some failed attempts. "Out of fear the animal ran into the hillocks and was later found by a team. While being shifted into a vehicle, the veterinarians found it had died," said a forest official.

The animal was moving in the Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district for ten days and forest officials were tracking its movement. The forest departmen...