Injured leopard fully recovers at Van Vihar, released at Ratapani

BHOPAL: An

injured leopard

that was rescued from

Narsinghpur

in April and brought to

Van Vihar

National Park here in the state capital has recovered successfully. Forest officials released it at the

Ratapani

wildlife sanctuary in

Raisen district

on Wednesday morning.

The leopard was severely injured when it arrived at Van Vihar but after treatment provided by Dr Atul Gupta and supporting staff, it managed to recover fully.

Van Vihar assistant director A K Jain said, "When the leopard arrived here last month, it was in a terrible state. It had sustained considerable injuries. It is an achievement to witness its recovery and we are happy to release it back into nature."


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