Leopard Caged At Tea Estate In Assam's Dibrugarh

Due to free movement of the leopards in the garden, the tea workers panicked and informed the forest department to take steps to cage the animal. According to the locals, many such leopards were seen moving freely around the tea garden area. They usually hunt the livestock from cowsheds and other sheds meant for keeping the animals at night. The tea-workers also urged the forest department to cage the remaining leopards moving around inside tea gardens.

Earlier, a leopard's carcass was recovered in Bhagyalakhi area of Jorhat district's Titabor on Monday. As per reports, the seven-ft-long leopard was first seen by a group of local residents floating inside a well after which they informed the matter to the forest department. The leopard, which according to locals had been terrorising people of the area for the past couple of months, was taken out from the well by the forest officials following which it was sent to a hospital for medical examination.

Assam, which has many protected places like national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, has seen incidents of carcasses of leopards being found in the last few years. In March this year, the carcass of a leopard was found in Kathiatoli area of Golaghat district. The animal was found dead on the bank of a pond. The carcass of a six-month-old leopard was recovered by the officials of the forest department in January this year. The carcass was recovered from Maligaon area in Guwahati. The forest department officials were informed by the local residents after they spotted the carcass of the leopard in Mahadev Nagar in Maligaon area. A joint team of police officials along with the forest department officials recovered the six-month-old leopard's carcass and further sent it for post-mortem examination.

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