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Leopard rescued in Uttar Pradesh
Bijnor
(UP): Forest officials in Bijnor district of Uttar
Pradesh has rescued a two-year-old injured female leopard
that had lost its way in the forest and later strayed
into human habitat. In a rescue operation that lasted
for nearly four hours, the leopard was tranquillised and
then trapped in a cage. The forest ranger said the leopard
will be kept under observation. "We will give proper treatment
to it and once it is completely fit, we will consult our
Chief Warden in Lucknow and as per directions we will
leave it either in the zoo or in the forest," said Santosh
Vijay Sharma, District Forest Official, Bijnor. Experts
opine that increasing human interference such as development,
encroachment and destruction of natural habitat as well
as poaching pose a serious threat to leopards.
-Dec
25, 2008
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