Udupi: Leopard Dies in Trap Laid for Wild Boar at Katpady

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Daijiworld Media Network—Udupi (RD/CN)

Udupi, Sep 15: A leopard was ensnared in a traditional trap laid to capture wild boar by the locals at Kallagudde crematorium in Herror village, near here, on Sunday September 14 night.  The animal was dead by Monday morning.

Forest department personnel who arrived on the spot, confirmed that the 12-year-old leopard  died of suffocation after the trap got fastened tightly around its body. There is no information as to who laid the trap at the spot. Ashok Kumar Shetty, assistant forest conservator, Kundapur Range, is conducting an investigation in this regard.

The leopard was cremated by the forest department on Monday morning, after a post-mortem by veterinary doctors. Range forest officer Satish N A M, forester Yogishwar, guards S Devaraj Pana, Narayan Sheregar, Anand Alva, Jayaram Shetty and Timmappa, were present.

The leopard had been terrorizing the locality for the past few months. Forest department personnel had set up a cage with a pet dog chained inside, to capture the leopard alive, with no success.