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Cage placed to trap leopard near Valparai
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The cage placed by the Forest Department to trap a leopard at Vazhaithottam at Valparai in Coimbatore district.
The Forest Department has placed a cage at a tea estate in Vazhaithottam near Valparai to trap a leopard which has been frequently entering the village at night.
The Department had received several complaints from residents of Vazhaithottam, mostly estate workers, about the movement of a leopard in the village at night.
Based on directions from S. Arockiaraj Xavier, Deputy Field Director of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve and District Forest Officer of Pollachi Forest Division, 12 camera traps were placed at various places in the village a few days ago to monitor the leopard’s movement as per the protocols of the National Tiger Conservation Authority.
Coimbatore: Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) officials have filed a police complaint against Tamil Nadu Tribal People’s Association’s district president V S Paramasivam for attempting to bring NGO members to the reserve without prior permission from the forest department.
During the pandemic, the Pollachi forest division provided various welfare assistance to the residents of 18 tribal settlements, a press note issued by ATR deputy director S Arockiaraj Xavier on Sunday said. Several NGOs offered their help to the tribes through the forest department. Paramasivam on Saturday brought 18 members of an NGO to Aliyar forest check post and told the officials that he wanted to take the members to the Chinnarpathi tribal settlement to construct toilets.