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Leopard rescued at Santhoor
DHNS
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The leopard rescued at Santhoor.
The leopard rescued at Santhoor.

Forest department officials succeeded in capturing a four-year-old female leopard alive near Santhoor village in Padubidri on Thursday night. The leopard was later released it a nearby forest.

Sources in the forest department told DH that the movement of the leopard was recorded in a CCTV camera placed near the house of Ravi Shetty.

Much before the sighting of the leopard, the residents of Santhoor and Palimar villages had complained about pet dogs going missing.

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The video footage of the leopard recorded in Shetty's CCTV had confirmed the worst fears of villagers.

Two days ago the department had placed a cage near the house of Shetty in order to trap the Leopard.

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(Published 21 August 2020, 23:11 IST)