Rescue act for big cat

Ambala, December 5

A five-year-old female leopard caught last night in a trap set by some hunters near Firozpur village of Ambala district’s Naraingarh segment was tranquilised and taken to a Rohtak facility for treatment of an injured leg today.

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The trap had been set to catch pigs near the fields of Firozpur, located on the border with Himachal Pradesh. The leopard was spotted this morning by a villager and soon enough, police, wildlife and forest department officials were at the spot.

The villagers said there was a forest area nearby and it was not for the first time that a leopard had been spotted here. It was assumed that the animal came in search of water. Wildlife officials from Panchkula said the leopard would be released in the forest after treatment. — TNS