Coimbatore: The forest department on Monday installed six camera traps at Siva Nagar near Kalapatti in the city on Monday to identify an unknown animal roaming around in the area.
Last Thursday, the forest department received information that a mysterious animal was roaming in a residential area at Siva Nagar near Kalapatti.
Immediately, a team of officials from the Coimbatore forest range rushed to the spot. Going by a few pug marks of the animal in the area, forest department officials decided that it could be a jungle cat.
Meanwhile, the forester of Coimbatore range, Arunsingh, and his team visited Siva Nagar on Monday evening and installed six camera traps.