Forest officials trap leopard from tea garden in West Bengal

September 30th, 2009 MUMBAI - Rangers of Borivali National Park near Mumbai rescued a leopard that had entered a residential area of Kandivili on Wednesday. The leopard reportedly entered the residential area during the early morning, and it reportedly mauled a local before being tranquillised and captured by the wildlife officials.

August 29th, 2009 JALPAIGURI - Three of the four leopard cubs which were born in the Dooars region of West Bengal's Jalpaiguri District were found dead 24 hours after birth. Workers of the tea gardens owned by PCM Company spotted the three lifeless tiny 'spotted beauties' on Friday.eportedly, the mother leopard had abandoned the cubs after delivering them on Thursday.

August 13th, 2009 JALPAIGURI - Wildlife officials rescued a male leopard from a tea garden in Jalpaiguri of West Bengal. Locals from in and around the tea garden crowded the cage to have a glimpse of the wounded animal that had unleashed fear in the area.

July 26th, 2009 JALPAIGURI - Forest officials in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri District have released a leopard they had captured on Saturday into a wildlife sanctuary here. The seven-year-old leopard was retrieved from a tea garden.

July 22nd, 2009 JALPAIGURI - After hours of struggle and putting up a good fight, forest officials on Wednesday, trapped and tranquillised a bison that ventured out of its wild habitat and instilled fear amongst villagers in Kadambani tea garden of Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal. The bison was found running through a village in the vicinity of the tea garden, destroying whatever came its way.

June 19th, 2009 DOARS - Forest officials trapped and tranquilized a leopard in West Bengal on Thursday as their rising population is creating a menace in the region. The 7-year-old leopard was trapped from a tea garden in the Doars region of the state.

May 7th, 2009 RAIPUR - People in Fafadih Market, one of the busiest areas of this Chhattisgarh capital, were shocked Thursday when a leopard strolled into the area. The forest officials were able to tranquilize and trap the animal only after an eight-hour effort.

April 6th, 2009 DINDIGUL - Skins of a tiger and a leopard have been seized from three people by forest officials here. 'The skins were seized from three wildlife traders in a joint operation carried out by the Tamil Nadu forest department and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) Sunday,' Wildlife Trust of India, an NGO, said in a statement Monday.

March 28th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Residents of Sonaighuli in Guwahati heaved a sigh of relief after a leopard on prowl and which had fallen into an open well in their neighbourhood was rescued by the rangers of Forest Department on Saturday. They spotted it when they came to draw water from the well in the early hours of morning and instantly, they informed the police who in turn summoned the forest rangers.

March 10th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Leopard cats, which average the size of domesticated cats, have killed one person and injured at least 25 people in Uttar Pradesh's Balrampur district, officials said Tuesday. The leopard cats have triggered panic in Ramaipurwa and Manoharpur villages since Monday morning, divisional forest officer V.P.

March 3rd, 2009 LUCKNOW - A leopard that attacked and injured four people has triggered panic in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district, an official said Tuesday. The leopard strayed into Jagtapur village, adjoining the Katarniyaghat forest reserve, and has mauled four people since Monday morning, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) R.K.

January 26th, 2009 PATNA - A leopard was killed by villagers in Bihar Tuesday, a police officer said. The leopard was first stoned by the villagers and later beaten to death with bamboo sticks and iron rods.

January 3rd, 2009 BHOPAL - A team of forest officials has been deputed to trace wild cats in the Tarned village of Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district after a leopard was killed by the villagers there. The villagers had Friday killed a leopard which injured at least six people, including a woman during the past few days.

January 2nd, 2009 BHOPAL - Villagers in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh killed a leopard, which attacked and injured at least six people including a woman in the past few days, officials said Saturday. 'The incident occurred Friday in Tarned village, six km from Dhar district headquarters, where the villagers attacked the wild cat with sticks and other weapons after it attacked and injured two persons critically,' said Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Raghvendra Shrivastava.

December 27th, 2008 KOLKATA - Three people, including a girl and a forest official, were injured when a tiger sneaked into a West Bengal village near Sundarbans Sunday morning. The man-eater was later caged by the forest department officials.