Forest officials rescue leopard from well near Shirur taluka

  • | Saturday | 14th July, 2018

It has been sent to Manikdoh leopard rescue centre.”Forest officials have also caught two leopards in Rajuri village in Junnar taluka in one week. We first dispatched a primary rescue team of 10 officials to the spot for controlling the crowd. Bapu Yele, RFO (Ottur) said, “We caught a two-and-a-half-year-old female leopard in Rajuri village. Both of them have been sent to the Manikdoh centre.”Ajay Deshmukh, veterinary officer, Leopard rescue centre, Manikdoh, said, “All the leopards are healthy and will be released into their natural habitat after getting permission from the forest department." Meanwhile, another team was dispatched from Junnar, which reached the spot around 6pm and brought out the leopard within half-an-hour.

Pimpri Chinchwad: A year-old female leopard was rescued after it fell into an open well near Shirur on Saturday.Tushar Dhamdhere, range forest officer (Shirur)told TOI, “A villager informed us about a leopard falling into a well in Alegaon Paga village, located around 25-30km from Shirur town. We first dispatched a primary rescue team of 10 officials to the spot for controlling the crowd. Meanwhile, another team was dispatched from Junnar, which reached the spot around 6pm and brought out the leopard within half-an-hour. It has been sent to Manikdoh leopard rescue centre.”Forest officials have also caught two leopards in Rajuri village in Junnar taluka in one week. Bapu Yele, RFO (Ottur) said, “We caught a two-and-a-half-year-old female leopard in Rajuri village. We also caught a male leopard in another part of this village on July 6. Both of them have been sent to the Manikdoh centre.”Ajay Deshmukh, veterinary officer, Leopard rescue centre, Manikdoh, said, “All the leopards are healthy and will be released into their natural habitat after getting permission from the forest department."

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