GANGTOK, June 17: An adult male leopard on Tuesday was captured from a residential area in Sikkim’s Soreng district, forest officials said.
Acting on the complaints by residents of Nesurgaon locality about the sighting of a wild leopard, a team of forest and environment department laid a trap two days ago and captured the wild cat, an official said.
The leopard was found in good health during preliminary examination and it has been safely translocated to a safe habitat away from human settlements, the official said.
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The male leopard had killed several cattle recently as a result of which the local people felt threatened too.
Soreng district has witnessed a gradual rise in incidents of man-animal conflict in recent years.
A total of six male leopards have been captured from human habitation by the officials of the Soreng Wildlife Range over the past two years from the district. (PTI)
