<p class="bodytext">Forest department officials successful captured a three-year-old male leopard at Guddattu in Kundapur on Friday night.The staff of the forest department had set up a cage to trap the leopard after it was sighted prowling in Yadadi-Mathyadi.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Residents had complained to the forest officials as the big cat had devoured many cows in the village.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Shankaranarayana Range Forest Officer Chidanandappa led the team that had been attempting to capture the leopard for the past one week.Finally, a dog was kept as the bait. The leopard, which picked up the scent of the bait, walked straight into the trap.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The leopard was very ferocious even after its capture.The animal was later released into a reserve forest area. after conducting a thorough health check-up.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Forest department officials successful captured a three-year-old male leopard at Guddattu in Kundapur on Friday night.The staff of the forest department had set up a cage to trap the leopard after it was sighted prowling in Yadadi-Mathyadi.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Residents had complained to the forest officials as the big cat had devoured many cows in the village.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Shankaranarayana Range Forest Officer Chidanandappa led the team that had been attempting to capture the leopard for the past one week.Finally, a dog was kept as the bait. The leopard, which picked up the scent of the bait, walked straight into the trap.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The leopard was very ferocious even after its capture.The animal was later released into a reserve forest area. after conducting a thorough health check-up.</p>