Silvester D’Souza
Daijiworld Media Network – Kundapur (MS)
Kundapur, Mar 28: A leopard that fell into a well in Keradi which falls under the forest limits of Kundapur.
The leopard fell into the well without a wall that belongs to Sukumara Shetty, resident of Keradi. The inmates of the house, who noticed the leopard in the well, informed the forest department. The forest staff lowered a cage with a rope into the well and lifted the leopard out of the well.
The female leopard was 3.5 years old and it is said that it must have fallen into the well as it came in search of food.
The operation was carried out under the guidance of Prabhakara Kulal, zonal forest officer of Kundapur. Assistant zonal forest officers Uday, Sunil, Sharath, Dilip, forest guards Basavaraj, Hariprasad, Raghavendra, Vijay, Ranjith, Ashok, forest village committee and locals participated in the operation.