Two leopards strayed into human habitation on the outskirts of Shimla town at different locations on Thursday morning. While one was spotted at Poabo near Bharari, another entered a school campus at Mathauli village near Shoghi. Both were captured by the wildlife department without any injury to them or the public.
High drama prevailed over four hours as wildlife officials tried to capture the injured leopard that had strayed into a kitchen shed, constructed to cook mid-day meal at the school in Mathauli. At least 60 students were in their classes when the cook raised an alarm. The wildlife veterinary expert displayed presence of mind and took help of an animal cage, by locking himself inside it, to go near the kitchen shed to tranquilise the animal.
“The cage came to my rescue because as soon as the tranqiliser shot hit the leopard it jumped out of the kitchen shed and pounced directly onto the cage in an attempt to attack me and then in a jiffy vanished into the forest,” said Dr Sandeep Rattan. After a search of two hours, it was captured and brought to the Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre at Tutikandi, said Divisional Forest Officer, Wildlife, Nagesh Guleria.
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