PTI | | Posted by Pathi Venkata Thadhagath
Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre has directed his division to create a separate devoted speedy response leopard process pressure for Bengaluru metropolis, days after an elusive large cat that was wandering in a residential space right here was shot useless throughout its seize.
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Some wild animals are straying from forests looking for meals resulting from insufficient rainfall this yr, he stated. Leopards are being sighted on the outskirts of Bengaluru, particularly localities in hilly areas and people near the periphery of forests, and persons are apprehensive over this, he added. The minister instructed the forest division to instantly kind a speedy response leopard process pressure in Bengaluru, and seize wild animals that stray into the town, and later ship them to the forests or to rehabilitation centres. Along with the prevailing 5 elephant speedy process forces, two extra ones — one every at Bannerghatta and Ramanagara — have been fashioned, he stated. Equally, in hilly areas of the state which is the habitat of leopards and bears, at the least one process pressure ought to be fashioned for each three districts and they need to be supplied with superior gear, Khandre added.
The minister instructed that the personnel of the Leopard process pressure ought to be correctly educated and that mock drills ought to be carried out to verify their readiness and equip them. Final week, the foresters shot useless the leopard that had scared residents of AECS Format and Kudlu Gate close to Singasandra. After three days of intense search operations, forest division officers tracked the massive cat to Kudlu Gate close to Digital Metropolis.
They’d set a cage and tried to tranquilise and lure the the animal however when their efforts failed, they shot it down. In the meantime, one other leopard was reportedly sighted in Chikkathogur, off NICE (Nandi Infrastructure Hall Enterprises) highway by some native residents.