Another leopard trapped in Junnar

With the attacks creating a panic in the area, the forest department placed 10-odd cages at strategic spots.

One more leopard was trapped by the forest department at Dindore village in Junnar taluka of Pune district Tuesday morning. It came as a big relief for the department and local residents as a leopard trapped from the same village had managed to escape on May 21, by breaking open the cage. The villagers had then blamed the department for using inferior-quality cages.

On May 3, five-year-old Sai Mandlik from Dindore village was killed by a leopard. Earlier, on April 17, another five-year-old boy, Praveen Devaram Dudhpade, was killed by a leopard in Khamundi village of the same taluka.

The same day, a leopard had also attacked three-year-old Renuka Gopal Waghmare around 4 am when she was sleeping under a tree with other family members who managed to rescue her. She suffered injuries on her neck.

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With the attacks creating a panic in the area, the forest department placed 10-odd cages at strategic spots.

Two leopards were trapped in these cages — one at Dindore on May 7 and another at Khamundi on May 14.

Both were shifted to the Manikdoh Leopard Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre.

Meanwhile, a leopard that had fallen in a well in Kathapur Budruk village in Manchar in Ambegaon taluka was rescued and shifted to this centre Monday.

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Dr Ajay Deshmukh, veterinary officer of Wildlife SOS, which runs the centre, said, “The leopard trapped today at Dindore was brought to our centre around 6.30 am. This leopard is a male aged about six years and is healthy.”

“The leopard rescued from the well in Kathapur Budruk on Monday is also a male of about five years of age. Some minor injuries were found this leopard’s body. Proper medication has been provided,” he added.

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