Three persons were injured in a leopard attack inside a home at Siliguri in Darjeeling district on Monday.
The incident took place at a house in the Hakimpara area of the city before a team from the State Forest Department could reach the spot and tranquilise the leopard, Divisional Forest Officer S. H. Basavaraj told The Hindu over telephone from Darjeeling.
“The animal has been tranquilised and is doing fine now. It will be kept under observation for a couple of days before it is released in the forest area in the Mahananda Wildlife Reserve,” Mr. Basavaraj said.
He said that in the spring season it is not uncommon for leopards to stray from the forest towards areas of human habitation.
The forests of Baikunthapur and Mahananda are very near Siliguri, he added.
The injured persons were rushed to a local hospital, he said.
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/leopard-attack-leaves-three-persons-injured/article4356077.ece
Capture & release
The incident took place at a house in the Hakimpara area of the city before a team from the State Forest Department could reach the spot and tranquilise the leopard, Divisional Forest Officer S. H. Basavaraj told The Hindu over telephone from Darjeeling.
“The animal has been tranquilised and is doing fine now. It will be kept under observation for a couple of days before it is released in the forest area in the Mahananda Wildlife Reserve,” Mr. Basavaraj said.
Spring-time straying
He said that in the spring season it is not uncommon for leopards to stray from the forest towards areas of human habitation.
The forests of Baikunthapur and Mahananda are very near Siliguri, he added.
The injured persons were rushed to a local hospital, he said.
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/leopard-attack-leaves-three-persons-injured/article4356077.ece
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