Coimbatore: The forest department official on Thursday caught a male leopard after darting him with sedatives at Ammapalayam near the city of Thirahuruganpondi in the Tirupur district.
High drama won during arrest when a number of people from the villages around gathered in place.
Forest officers say leopards will be translocated to Animalai Tiger reserves (ATR).
This is the second leopard captured by forest officials this month – the first of the area B K Pudur in Coimbatore Regency.
Forestry frontline staff camped in Pongupalayam nearbyallur on Wednesday after receiving information about the leopard movement in the region.
Meanwhile, their staff received information from the public on Thursday morning that the leopard was found in a Godown from a private garment company at Ammapallayam near the city of Thirmaruganpoondi.
Immediately, the front line staff reached the place and surrounded the area to capture the leopard.
Leopard attacked the garment company security guard, Rajendran, 66.
When the front line staff tried to capture leopards, he managed to escape from the garment company and enter the open field where there was a thick bush and bushes.
“We received information from the public that a wild dog was attacked by leopards Surgeon Vijayaraghavan animals are ready to decide animals with sedatives and he stands in a building with an anti-hunting observer.
When our frontline staff tries to find a leopard using Earthmover, it attacks anti-deed observer (APW).
Meanwhile, Vijayaraghavan calms animals That, “said Samasubramanian, director of the field, ATR.
He also added that there was a movement after the first arrow.
The second Dart immediately was also given to the animal.
Leopard was arrested.
Three APW and forest officers and a private security guard were attacked by wild animals.
The front line staff resists the leopard and save it in the cage.
“Male Leopard is around four years old and we suspect that it might come from the Bhavanisagar forest area in the district eroded and travel more than 35 km.
Leopard does not have an external injury and it will be released in the Forest backup Kadamparai near Valparai in the Coimbatore District,” said Ramasubramanian.
Leopard was seen in the village of Pappankulam where the leopard attacked two men.
It was hiding in corn farming in the village and the Ministry of Forestry had placed two cages to capture leopards.
However, it attacked a manikandan APW and managed to escape from the area on Tuesday.
The same Leopard was seen in the perumanallur area on Tuesday night and the forestry department mobilized more than 70 personnel and fixed 20 camera traps to monitor the movement of wild animals.
Leopard was arrested near Tirupur
