People living in terror due to the cannibal leopard in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh have heaved a sigh of relief. The forest department team has caught the leopard. So far 28 people have lost their lives in Bijnor due to leopard attack. The terror of leopard was increasing day by day among the villagers.
The villagers were so disturbed due to leopard attacks that after the death of a woman, the villagers stopped the train by sitting on the railway track. After this incident, the forest department and the district administration came into action and cages were installed in leopard-affected areas.
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Today a leopard has been captured in the cage of the forest department. This incident is from village Ram Nagar Nagina range of Afzalgarh police station area of Bijnor. The forest department was continuously getting information about leopard from Ram Nagar in Nagina range. The forest department had put up a cage here to catch the leopard, in which a leopard was captured today. As soon as the villagers got the news of the leopard being captured in the cage, the villagers gathered and reached to see the leopard.
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The local people have heaved a sigh of relief after the leopard was caught. The fear of leopard has reduced among the villagers. The forest department has successfully rescued the captured leopard. Talking to Aaj Tak, the forest officer said that the frequent leopard attacks in Bijnor are on those people who go to the forest to collect fodder for their animals.
The forest officer said that the only way to avoid the leopard is that when you go to the forest, make a lot of noise before working in the field. Keep either a ringtone or a loud song playing in the phone you have with you, so that the leopard can be alert. At present, the forest department team has caught the leopard. Now the captured leopard is being taken to Kaihripur forest complex Amangarh range.
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