At last, Begur’s big cat caught in a cage
BySridhar VivanSridhar Vivan / Updated: Feb 2, 2021, 07:19 IST
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residents of Begur Road heaved a sigh of relief as the leopard that had entered the Prestige Song of the South society on January 24 was finally caught on Monday. The
wild cat was trapped in a cage kept outside the society on Begur Road with a few hens as bait.
A forest official told Bangalore Mirror, “looks like the leopard got trapped in the cage at night and when our staff visited the area at 6 am the next morning they spotted it, we will now remove the cages.”
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Updated Feb 01, 2021 | 15:06 IST
The Karnataka Forest Department has captured a leopard which was roaming in and around a residential society in Bengaluru s Begur. Leopard enters residential society in Bengaluru; trapped by forest officials | Photo Credit: Times Now
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After being captured, the big cat was seen roaring and grunting inside the cage.
Bengaluru: A well-built leopard roaming in and around a residential society in Begur area on the outskirts of Bengaluru was trapped by the personnel of the Karnataka Forest Department.
The big cat was first spotted at ‘Prestige Song of the South’ residential complex on January 23, sparking off panic among residents, following which the forest department initiated efforts to rescue it. Early Saturday morning (January 30), the elusive big cat was again caught on the CCTV camera installed inside the residential society, leaving residents even more terrified. This prompted the fores
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Forest department officials had suspected the leopard to have strayed in from the nearby Bannerghatta park
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Forest department officials had suspected the leopard to have strayed in from the nearby Bannerghatta park
Days after a leopard was spotted at an apartment complex in Begur in the city, creating panic among the residents, it was finally trapped near the apartment early on Monday.
S.M. Shivaratreshwara, Range Forest Officer, K.R. Puram range, who was heading the operations, told
The Hindu that the leopard was caught near a rock hill right outside the apartment, where a trap was laid for it. Higher officers will decide on the next course of action as to where it will be rehabilitated, he said.
Leopard giving nightmares to Bengaluru residents finally captured
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Bengaluru, Feb 1 : After spending an anxious week, the residents of Prestige Song of the South, an upscale apartment in Begur, breathed a sigh of relief on Monday after the forest officials captured a leopard which was prowling inside the residential complex for over a week.
A range forest officer from the K.R. Puram division (Bengaluru Urban) was put in charge of the operation of rescuing the leopard after the forest department officials saw CCTV footage which showed the big cat visiting the apartment complex from the nearby Bannerghatta forest.