This story is from July 16, 2021

Gujarat: ‘Rogue’ leopard injures five in as many days in Amreli

A ‘rogue’ leopard is giving sleepless nights to the forest officials with at least five attacks on humans in as many days in Chalala area of Amreli district. The forest department has set up over half-a-dozen cages to capture the leopard that has been targeting people sleeping outside their houses in villages falling under Gir (east) forest division.
Gujarat: ‘Rogue’ leopard injures five in as many days in Amreli
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RAJKOT: A ‘rogue’ leopard is giving sleepless nights to the forest officials with at least five attacks on humans in as many days in Chalala area of Amreli district. The forest department has set up over half-a-dozen cages to capture the leopard that has been targeting people sleeping outside their houses in villages falling under Gir (east) forest division.
On Wednesday night, the leopard attacked 50-year-old man Dashrath Padvi when he was sleeping in an open shed on his farm in Chalala village.
Padvi suffered injuries on the head and bruises on other parts of his body. Chalala village falls under Sarasiya range of Gir forest region.
A 22-year-old woman Ramkayna Vasava and a 10-year-old girl Poonam Bhuriya were attacked on July 13 in Moti Garamali village of Chalala taluka. The village falls in the revenue area on the fringe of the forest. Vasava and Bhuriya too were sleeping in an open shed in a farm.
On July 10, two other women — Sangeeta Thakar (30) and Nayna Mal (35) — were attacked by a leopard in Garamali village of Chalala when they were sleeping in the open. Both suffered injuries, but Nayna had to be shifted to Rajkot civil hospital for further treatment.
Forest officials believe that one leopard was involved in the spate of attacks on humans over the last five days.
Deputy conservator of forest Gir (east) Anshuman said, “We have set up seven cages so far and will put four more to capture the leopard. It’s a sowing season because of which there is more movement of vehicles and people. Hence, pug marks of the leopard get erased. Also, due to rains it is difficult to search leopard based on pugmarks.”
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