Female Leopard Went Missing In Madhya Pradesh, Male Brought Back!

Indore Zoo in-charge said the forest department handed over a seven to eight-month-old male leopard cub to the zoo on Tuesday.

Mystery surrounding the sudden disappearance of an eight-month-old leopard cub from Madhya Pradesh zoo continued for the seventh day today as a cub rescued by the forest department has turned out to be a male, while the one that went missing was said to be a female. इंदौर चिड़ियाघर से 6 दिनों पहले गायब हुआ तेंदुआ मंगलवार शाम पकड़ में आ गया, तेंदुए के गायब होने पर वनमंत्री ने नाराज़गी जताई थी मिलने पर खूब सुर्खियां बनीं लेकिन बुरहानपुर से जो तेंदुआ लाया गया था दस्तावेजों में वो मादा है जबकि जो तेंदुआ पकड़ा गया है वो नर है! @ndtv@ndtvindiapic.twitter.com/jAcgWjdvUH

On December 1, a leopard with minor injuries was brought for treatment to Indore's Kamla Nehru Prani Sangrahalaya zoo from Burhanpur district, but it sneaked out of the cage, remained elusive for six days. On Tuesday, the leopard was found near the forest rest house in Navratna Bagh.

Forest Minister Vijay Shah had expressed displeasure over the disappearance of the leopard and action was taken to gear up the search process.

A team of 200 employees was deployed, CCTV cameras were scanned, and sniffer dogs were deployed to track the leopard. Six days later the injured cat was found in a forest guest house near the zoo. It was found to be severely dehydrated and was immediately administered saline.