Summary:
It should be noted that the forest department had sought and had been granted permission to shoot the wildcat by the Gujarat government. The forest staff had been keeping an eye on the forest range of Dhanpur to capture the leopard. Earlier, the forest department had said that pugmarks had shown that the leopard had most likely crossed into Madhya Pradesh. Thanks to the patience shown by the Gujarat Forest Department, a leopard that is believed to have killed three people in Dahod and several cattle escaped the same fate as tigress Avni of Maharashtra. The state forest department after a massive hunt of over a fortnight that saw over 150 personnel being pressed into service to track the wild cat managed to capture the leopard on Thursday..