Trapped female leopard rescued

Jodhpur: A female leopard was rescued from a trap in leopard conservation area of Jawai Dam in Pali district on Sunday night. Some hunters had set up a snare to catch the wild animal. Luckily, villagers heard her wails before the hunters could get hold of the wild cat.

Following information from villagers, a team from the forest department rushed to the spot with veterinarians and rescued the leopard.

“We tranquilised the animal and took her to Jodhpur for treatment of her injured leg,”said an official adding that once recovered, she would be released in the same area.

According to information, some hunters had set up a snare in Boya village under Leopard Conservation area of Jawai Dam in Pali on Sunday.

“A female leopard got trapped in the snare. Hearing her wails, villagers rushed to the spot and informed the forest department”, said the official.

A rescue team comprising veterinarians from Jodhpur reached the spot about 2am and tranqualised her and then disentangled the wild cat from the snare.

According to senior veterinarian Shrawan Singh Rathore, this is the fourth such incident where a female leopard had been rescued from a snare set up by hunters in Leopar Conservation area of Jawai Dam.

“One male leopard had also been trapped with a snare but it fled from the spot with the snare itself and was rescued later”, he informed.