New Delhi:
The video of a person grabbing a leopard by the tail, in an act that presumably saved lives, has gone viral, grabbing consideration and accolades. The person held the leopard by its tail till forest officers stepped in to rescue the animal. The incident was reported from a village in Tumkuru district in Karnataka.
The leopard had been roaming free within the village for a few days, sparking worry amongst villagers. Regardless of a number of efforts, he couldn’t be caught. The leopard even evaded a entice set by the villagers. Then in stepped a villager, Anand, along with his heroic and daring transfer.
Within the viral video, a gaggle, together with forest officers and villagers, is seen making an attempt to catch maintain of the leopard. Anand swiftly takes a couple of steps behind the leopard and grabs him by his tail. The police rush to cowl the leopard in a web and lock it with tree stems and twine.
On Tuesday, the leopard was set free in a close-by forest.
Leopard terror was reported in Karnataka’s Bengaluru as nicely. Final yr in November, a 52-year-old girl was mauled to demise by a leopard. Per week later, the Forest division captured two leopards – a seven-year-old male and a nine-year-old feminine leopard — from a village.
The sufferer, Kariamma, was killed on November 17 whereas chopping grass in a subject close to her dwelling. She was reportedly dragged into the forest by a leopard, which mauled her to demise and consumed elements of her physique.
Following this, the Forest Division deployed giant cages and put in eight pairs of digicam traps across the space to trace the leopards.