SURAT: Two leopard cubs
were trapped by villagers of Pipariya village of Mandvi taluka in Surat
district and handed over to forest officials on Saturday. The cubs were
around two to three months old and were in good health condition when
found.
Farmers Amit Patel and Chirag Patel nabbed the leopard
cubs from their farm and informed forest officials. Arriving on spot the
forest officials took custody of the cubs and attempts are being made
to cage the mother leopard.
The attempts to nab the leopard
have been continuing in the village since the first week of January.
Earlier villagers spotted the two cubs while working in the fields. One
of the cubs was nabbed by villagers and on being informed, forest
officials placed a cage to trap the mother leopard. The forest officials
failed to trap the mother leopard after which the leopard cub was
released back into the farms.
Since then the forest officials
were attempting to cage the female leopard which has given birth to the
cubs in the farm. Farm labourers in the village have refused to go to
the farms for routine work since then, fearing leopard attack. Due to
reduction in forest area the leopards have started living in farms
around villages in south Gujarat over the last few years.
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