Leopard Strays Into Jaipur Heritage Hotel, Rescued
Rajasthan Forest Department has captured a leopard, that had strayed into the staff room of a heritage hotel in Jaipur on Thursday. No one was present in the room when the leopard entered it and no one was attacked by the big cat.
Rajasthan Forest Department has captured a leopard, that had strayed into the staff room of a heritage hotel in Jaipur on Thursday.
The leopard entered the heritage hotel Kanota Castle, located on the outskirts of Jaipur on Agra Road, on Thursday morning.
Inside Ratan Singh, the driver's room at @KanotaHotels
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Leopard enter Jaipur hotel staff room
It was first spotted at around 9 am in the hotel's staff room. According to a spokesperson of the hotel, no one was present in the room when the leopard entered it and no one was attacked by the big cat.
After being alerted by the hotel administration, a team from the forest department and Jaipur Zoo reached the spot.
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Leopard to be released into forest
The adult male leopard was captured and shifted to Nahargarh Rescue Centre after tranquilisation.
Prithviraj Meena, Bassi area Ranger of the Forest Department, said that the leopard could have slipped through the forest in the morning and will be released back into the wild after first aid.
Leopards are the most adaptive among the big cats and can even share space close to humans.
Due to their shrinking habitat and prey base, leopards have been increasingly spotted in human settlements, including in urban areas like Bengaluru, Mumbai, and Delhi.
Leopard with two cubs in Indore Infosys campus
Recently, a leopardess was spotted near the offices of IT giant Infosys and TCS in Indore.
The leopardess was first spotted on Tuesday between 11 am and 12 pm in the Super Corridor area, where the Infosys' campus is located, prompting the forest department to launch a rescue operation.
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Later, a local farmer told the forest department he had spotted two leopard cubs in an agriculture field located adjacent to the premises.
Since it was first spotted, the Forest Department has launched an operation to capture it, but the big cat has remained elusive so far.
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"We have been searching for the leopard since Tuesday in and around the Infosys campus. We were told by a farmer on Wednesday morning that he spotted two leopard cubs in a wheat field adjacent to the compound," Indore Forest Divisional Officer (DFO) MS Solanki said.
He said that the female leopard is roaming in the Infosys premises and has kept her cubs in a wheat field with standing crops so that they can be safe there.
A cage has been placed at the Infosys campus and drone cameras are being used in the rescue operation for the leopardess and her cubs, he said.
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Bobins Abraham is the Assistant News Editor at Indiatimes. He has more than twelve years of experience in TV and digital journalism. An avid student of history and geopolitics, he is a conservationist and environmentalist at heart. He writes on environment, sustainability, human-animal conflict and more.
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