From the archive record
A female Sloth Bear attacked these villagers near the Panna National Park in Madhya Pradesh, India. Sloths are known to have an awful temper (apart from poor sight!). The men say: "I was ploughing my fields when suddenly from the forest a bear came and attacked me. It was a female bear with her two cubs. The bear attacked my neck, back and my eyes." It was 6 pm in the evening on the 23rd of October, 1994. I was walking on the path when suddenly a bear came out from the bush and attacked me. It was a female bear with her two cubs. It attacked my eyes and ears." This footage is part of the professionally-shot stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of thousands of hours of high qu