Coimbatore: Only four days after the male leopard was arrested from a warehouse in BK Pudur here, some leopard sightings gave sleepless nights for forest officials in the Tirupur district.
Execortation to catch big cats, which is believed to have entered Pongupalayam Village.
At the time of Tirupur from Sathyamangalam tiger reserves or pethulgerar’s backup forests from the range of sirumugai forests on Tuesday night.
Leopard has attacked two farm workers and an anti-hunting observer at the cornfield in Pappankulam Village in Tirupur on Monday.
The Ministry of Forestry places the net around the field, but the staff cannot see the animal again.
After the leopard was seen in Pongupalayam Village, the forestry department official visited the place and conducted search operations.
“We found some pugmarks and dirt in the field of agriculture.
Pugmark can be at least one month.
However, we can confirm that it is a leopard,” said a Sukumar, the Cimimbatore Forest Division Veterinarian.
The department has deployed five teams, each consisting of 10 personnel, in Pongupalayam Village.
A total of 20 camera traps are also installed.
“Also, the frontline personnel department will look for animals in Pappankulam and Pongupalayam all the time,” said a forest officer.