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Leopard hangs from a tree for hours in Himachal
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Saturday, January 20, 2007
A prowling leopard was caught in a trap and remained hanging from a tree for hours before being rescued by wildlife officials.
Farmers in Majroo village, near Nalagarh town, some 120 km from here, attached a crude device to a tree to capture crop-destroying wild boars at the edge of their fields.
The loop was made from a discarded metallic scooter wire. Early Friday the farmers found a roaring leopard instead of a wild boar hanging from the tree.
Shankar Lal, a farmer, informed wildlife officials, who soon arrived with a veterinary doctor. The big cat was first tranquillised, treated on his bleeding leg and then caged.
The animal was safely transported to the Gopalpur zoo in Kangra Valley late Friday.
'The leopard is about two years old and weighs 60 kg,' said R.S. Kanwar, a senior wildlife official, who among others rescued the animal.
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