Forest officials set up cage after suspected sighting of leopard in tunnel
The Hindu
Forest department launches operation to capture suspected leopard in tunnel at Madanthakode, Kasaragod; officials suspect it's a wild cat.
The Forest department has launched an operation after residents reportedly spotted a leopard inside a tunnel in a private land at Madanthakode in Kuttikole panchayat in Kasaragod on Wednesday evening.
However, officials suspect that it is more likely to be a wild cat than a leopard.
To prevent the animal from escaping, the department has placed a cage at the entrance to the tunnel. Efforts are also on to bring the animal out using a tranquiliser dart.
The tunnel is part of a water supply system. The department is yet to issue an official statement.
The Congress government including controversial farm legislations that had been brought in and later withdrawn by the BJP-led government at the Centre as the reference points for the Karnataka Agriculture Prices Commission (KAPC) has ruffled the feathers of farmers’ leaders and agricultural economists who had expressed their ideological support to the Congress.