Forest officials place cubs in cage and wait for mother in vain

Gundlupet: The Forest Department officials, who had rescued two leopard cubs from a banana plantation at Padagur village in the taluk, are trying to reunite the cubs with their mother.

On Tuesday, two cubs aged between two and three months were found in the banana plantation belonging to one Shivakumar at the village.

The Forest officials and staff, who rescued the cubs, decided to reunite the cubs with their mother and placed them in a cage kept at the rescue spot anticipating that the mother would return and take her cubs. Though they waited till late night, there was no sight of  leopardess, following which the cubs were shifted to the Buffer Zone Office in the town.

The two cubs were examined by the veterinarian and were fed with milk.  The cubs were again placed at the same spot, from where they were rescued, to reunite them with their mother, said Range Forest Officer (RFO) Shivakumar.