Channapatna: A leopard in distress, trapped in barbed wire, surrounded by a noisy crowd of human beings. A horribly familiar scenario - and things don't look good for the wild cat.
But the villagers here chose to be different. There was excitement, there was fear - but there was also the voice of reason.
The leopard, which could not move much anyway, was pinned down with wooden sticks - and its legs were then tied. Once it was safely trussed up, it was a question of waiting for forest officials to arrive.
The forest department van came - and the angry predator was taken away safely.
Just recently, a mother leopard and her two cubs were found poisoned to death in the same district -after they revisited a buffalo kill. But for this leopard at least, the story had a positive ending.
But the villagers here chose to be different. There was excitement, there was fear - but there was also the voice of reason.
The leopard, which could not move much anyway, was pinned down with wooden sticks - and its legs were then tied. Once it was safely trussed up, it was a question of waiting for forest officials to arrive.
The forest department van came - and the angry predator was taken away safely.
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Just recently, a mother leopard and her two cubs were found poisoned to death in the same district -after they revisited a buffalo kill. But for this leopard at least, the story had a positive ending.
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