She sits inside a cage, goes down 25-feet deep well to bring back the feline after darting Mysore/Mysuru: One of the most challenging and dramatic animal rescue missions has been accomplished by a Kodagu-born veterinarian Dr. Pandikanda Meghana Pemmaiah, now settled in Mangaluru. She recently saved a leopard that had fallen inside a 25-feet deep…
Leopard trapped at Marase
February 20, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A leopard, which had created panic by killing livestock, has been trapped in the cage placed by the Forest Department at Marase village in the taluk yesterday. Following complaint by villagers that a leopard was killing their livestock, the Forest Department staff had placed a cage in the farm on Thursday and the leopard,…
65 leopards captured in last three years in Mysuru: DCF
February 10, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: In the last three years, 65 leopards have been captured/rescued in Mysuru district, including three in January 2023. “We have implanted a microchip on the leopards that were caught last month after making a ‘V’ shape cut on its ear tip and have released them back into the wild. We are tracking their movements…
Leopard trapped on city outskirts
February 7, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A leopard, which had created tension after it was spotted regularly since a few days at Shyadanahalli village and surrounding places on the outskirts of city, has been trapped in the cage placed by the Forest Department in the early hours of Monday. It may be recalled that last year, a leopardess moving around…
58-member Leopard Task Force formed in Mysuru Circle
February 1, 2023DCF, Wildlife Division, Mysuru, will head the LTF under the direction of CCF Mysore/Mysuru: With the spurt in leopard menace especially in Mysuru district with three lives lost to big cat in T. Narasipur taluk alone in the recent months (from Oct. 2022 to Jan. 2023), State Government has formed Leopard Task Force (LTF) in…
Leopard, cub trapped at Jayapura, Ramanathatunga
January 31, 2023Mysuru/Periyapatna: A leopard and a cub have been trapped at Jayapura in Mysuru taluk and at Ramanathatunga in Periyapatna taluk. A leopard, which had attacked and killed a cow and a sheep in the surroundings of Jayapura village in Mysuru taluk, has been trapped in a cage in the early hours of today. The leopard…
Leopard that had claimed the life of a boy, finally trapped
January 27, 2023Released into Bannerghatta National Park yesterday night Mysore/Mysuru: The leopard, which had killed Jayanth (11) at Horalahalli village in T. Narasipur taluk on Saturday (Jan. 21), has been trapped yesterday early morning in the cage installed by the Forest Department, thus giving a sigh of relief to the villagers. Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF) Dr….
Leopard kills boy in T. Narasipur village
January 22, 2023Fourth death since Oct. 2022; irate villagers block highway Mysore/Mysuru: Close on the heels of a leopard killing an elderly woman at Kannayakanahalli in T. Narasipur on Friday, a 11-year-old boy fell victim to a leopard last night at Horalahalli in T. Narasipur. The half-eaten body of Jayanth was found this morning around one kilometre…
60-year-old woman killed in leopard attack
January 21, 2023T. Narasipur: The fear of leopard attack has returned to haunt villagers here, as in yet another incident, a 60- year-old woman was killed in a similar incident at Kannanayakanahalli in T. Narasipur taluk on Friday. It is the third such incident in the last three months, with two students falling victims in similar cases…
After CFTRI, leopard scare at Akashvani
January 8, 2023Forest Department says it is a civet cat Mysore/Mysuru: Tension prevailed at Akashvani premises in Yadavagiri this morning after an All India Radio (AIR) employee spotted an animal and claimed it to be a leopard. The employee, who went near the generator room on the Akashvani campus between 5.45 am and 6 am, saw a…















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