Wildlife enthusiast traps man-eater leopard alive

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Friends, I am not sure how many of you have read this news..is this the same leopard Prashant Singh was looking for?

Wildlife enthusiast traps man-eater leopard alive

IANS | Nov 18, 2011, 05.51PM IST
LUCKNOW: A full-grown man-eater leopard, who had reportedly devoured three children and attacked at least half a dozen people, was trapped alive by a wildlife enthusiast near Katarniya Ghat sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district on Friday, an official said.

"The trap was laid by Bhupendra Singh Rana, who had volunteered to undertake the operation after local wildlife authorities invited help from people in the neighbourhood to end the menace caused by the feline," Uttar Pradesh's chief wildlife conservator BK Patnaik said.

The trap was laid in a camouflaged iron cage into which the animal was enticed with a goat as bait, in the Rana Farm area, he said.

Describing it as a big catch, Patnaik said: "The leopard had spelt terror in several villages in and around the area where it had been on the prowl over the past two months."

He ruled out the possibility of releasing the leopard in the wild. "Considering that it has killed three people and left at least half a dozen other human beings badly injured, we are left with no option but to pack it off to some zoo."

[dr.jayakumar]

thanks for sharing friend.
regards

[Katana]

Nope! Two completely different locations.

[prashantsingh]

Nope! Two completely different locations.

Correct.
This one probably moved in from Nepal.

For those who are wondering about the Devprayag maneater.
Well Singh got busy with something bigger.Actually the biggest animal which walks the subcontinent.
The Asian Elephant.I call him the "Rishikesh Rogue".I had thought of writing a story on that as well. But that hunt was cut short by the cancellation of the hunting orders passed earlier.