Leopard trapped in snare laid for wild game rescued, released into tiger reserve
Forest officials in the Nilgiris rescued a leopard trapped in an illegal snare on agricultural land and released it into the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve. Authorities have arrested a local worker for setting the trap, while a separate investigation is underway regarding a tiger found dead in the same forest range.
Why it matters
This incident highlights the ongoing conflict between human agricultural activity and wildlife conservation in protected forest buffer zones.
A leopard trapped in a snare laid on agricultural land at Pattavayal in the Gudalur forest division in the Nilgiris was rescued by the Forest Department and released into the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) early on Thursday.
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