Leopard trapped successfully in Mysuru school premises

NT Correspondent | NT

Mysuru: After a weeklong operation, forest department officials successfully trapped a fiveyear- old leopard that was prowling in Ramakrishna Vidyashala premises at Yadavagiri in the city on Tuesday.

Following reports of sighting of the leopard in the premises ten days ago, forest officials placed cages after installing camera traps at strategic locations.

The leopard walked into the cage Monday midnight. Deputy Conservator of Forest Mysuru circle Dr Basavaraj K N said that trapped leopard was released into the woods.