Noida: A beast, allegedly become a leopard, seen in the village area of ​​Vaidpura, Greater Noida, on Monday night.
After “sightings”, the Ministry of Forestry launched a search operation, but there were no animals found in the area.
Although the locals cannot confirm that it is leopard, some people say livestock has been attacked and injured on Monday.
Video recordings of large cats that stand in limits have been widely distributed among the locals.
When news spreads, most people choose to stay in the room, afraid of attacks.
“Some people say it is leopard.
But we are not sure if it’s true.
Many people see the animal video.
Foresters looking for animals and people here are afraid of here.
Two days of your back, a cow has been attacked in the area and animals It suffered an injury.
But we are not sure whether it was attacked by leopards or other animals, “said Sandeep Nagar, a local resident.
Some others also talk about injured animals in the area.
Forest officials said they saw a video that had done a round and decided to start a search operation on Monday night.
Continuing until 3am on Tuesday and the trap camera is now being installed.
Foresters said they also tried to find Pugmarks in the area.
“Our team, along with the Range Officer, did a comprehensive search until 3am.
We have found Pugmark.
But we cannot confirm anything now.
We are still looking for and we install a trap camera in the area.
If there is a leopard in the area , we must be able to see animals soon, “said PK Srivastava, division forest officers.
In January 2019, a leopard was seen in Sadulpur Village close to Vaidpura.
A team from the Ministry of Forestry, Police and District Administration, SOWLIFE SOS and Zoo Delhi saved the animal after seven hours of operation.
It was then released near Grival Forest Range near Saharanpur.
In November 2019, a leopard was seen near the upper class community in the Noida extension.
Appearance was confirmed by Pugmarks and CCTV Footage.
But there are no big cats found during search operations.
In October last year, the leopard was seen by a trap camera around the NTPC area in Greater Noida.
But nothing can be found during search operations.