Udupi, August 23: A leopard trapped in a well at Jarkala-Mundli in Shirlal village of Karkala taluk on Tuesday was rescued by a rescue team of forest department.
The wild animal, which accidentally fell into the well on Tuesday evening, was rescued by lowering a ladder into the well and released into the Kudremukh National Park at Gangamoola said Satish N., Range Forest Officer of Karkala Range.
He said that the department was informed about the incident at 6 p.m. on Tuesday. The personnel rushed to the spot immediately. The animal was rescued by lowering a ladder into the well.
The area was cordoned off before the rescue operation. “The Police Department helped us in controlling the crowd,” he said. After initial reluctance, the leopard climbed up the ladder and got into a cage, which was placed atop, at 9.15 p.m.
The cage was then taken to the Range Forest Office premises in Karkala, where a veterinary doctor examined the leopard on Wednesday morning. The personnel of the department then took the leopard to the forest at Gangamoola under Kudremukh National Park and released there around 10.30 a.m. “It was a two-year old female leopard,” the veterinarian said. Mr. Satish said it was not clear when the leopard fell into the well. But some local people suspected that the animal might have fallen into the well on Monday night. “The animal held on to a corner where there was no water,” he said.
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