Panic causing Leopard caged near Rajkot village
February 09, 2016
Rajkot
A forest department team today caged a freely roaming leopard in and around a village in Gondal taluka of Rajkot district in Gujarat.
The beast had even killed two pets (goats) entering the house of a local Laxaman Rabari, resident of Lilakha village, two days ago. The villagers were leaving in fear and a team of the forest department was constituted to nab the animal.
The animal which had most likely wandered from Gir forests around 65 km from the village not use to of such incidents.
The presence of beast around the village has caused panic and fear among the villagers. However the forest department team had put a lure cage outside the village to catch the beast. It got trapped in the cage at around 330 hrs today.
The leopard has been sent to an animal care center.
– DeshGujarat
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