Bantwal: Foresters Rescue Leopard Caught in Wild Boar Trap

Mounesh Vishwakarma
Daijiworld Media Network—Bantwal (RD/CN)

Bantwal, Jun 9: A leopard was accidentally entangled in a trap laid for wild boar at Padaru, near Kudtamuger, on Thursday June 9.

Students passing by a hillock located beside the farm owned by Srikant Bhat in Padaru, near Kudtamuger, heard the frantic calls of a wild animal on Thursday morning. A trap had been laid by hunters on the hillock on Wednesday night to trap wild boars eating their farm produce. The leopard was believed to have been trapped on Wednesday midnight.

Assistant conservator of forests M M Jaya, Bantwal range forest officer Subbayya Naik, and mobile range forest officer S Raja, arrived at the location to rescue the leopard. Vittal police sub inspector Rakshit A K and policemen provided security.

Pilikula Nisargadhama officer Jayaraj, veterinary officer Dr Jitesh, scientific officer Vikram Lobo, supervisor Roshan Menezes and assistant arrived at the location on Thursday afternoon.

The leopard was administered anaesthesia and taken to Pilikula Nisargadhama.

M M Jaya informed media persons that the leopard had injured its hind legs as it tried to escape from the trap. It will be under treatment and observation for a few days, and if it fully recovers it will be released in Kalanjamale Reserve Forest since Pilikula Nisargadhama has many leopards already.