Uttarakhand: Man-eating leopard caught by forest officials in Pithoragarh

On October 4, Forest Department officials captured an omnivores leopard in Chhana vill of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand, suspected of devouring at least two. ferocious cat has been sent off to Almora Zoo. leopard has been roaming free and h caused panic among villrs. animal was seen enclosed in a c and raging after forest officials mand to rescue it, although details of how wild animal mand to enter urban settlements have t been given out. 

Earlier, two days ago, a 14-year-old boy was discovered mauled by a suspected leopard in Dhaurahra range of rth Kheri forest division. Chandan, a resident of Sahabdeenpurwa vill, was killed by a man-eating species while he was collecting grass and fodder for livestock. Later, authorities found that boy was victim of a dely attack by a leopard, according to a PTI report. 

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Leopard kills a boy

By time villrs heard a scream and rushed on site to help severely injured boy, he h succumbed and leopard h fled into forests. Anil Kumar Patel, a rth Kheri Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) told sources of PTI that  local field staff on spot of incident collected pugmarks of animal that attacked boy, and it was found to be a leopard.  Leopard’s movement was being reported since past one week by locals, he ded. 

incident of leopard attacks has recently started to make helines as wild species tend to meander away from ir habitat into vill areas. A 19-year-old college student was reportedly attacked by a leopard while attending online classes at Khapatia vill of Tapi district in South Gujarat, according to a PTI report. leopard showed up when boy Govind was in midst of an online lecture and clawed his leg, dragging in nearby bushes. 

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