The tigers at the Bannerghatta Biological Park suffering from salmonella infection, after being fed with contaminated meat, have recovered and are now said to be out of danger.
According to Forest officials, the 16 big cats including - Annu, Gowri and her three cubs, Yashoda and her two cubs, Arya, Inchara, Kalpana Chawla, Raja, Rani, Lava and Amar - are now out of danger.
A female spotted deer of Herbivore Safari died at the Bannerghatta Biological Park here on Wednesday, while the condition of a leopard is said to be critical.
A post-mortem conducted on the deer revealed that the cause of death is chronic hepatitis and adhesion of visceral organs.
Yet another leopard was trapped at the Cancanamodi area of Cuncolim in the wee hours of Wednesday.
This is the second leopard trapped by the forest officials after locals sighted movements of wild cats in the locality.
Locals had complained that the leopards, who were on the prowl in the locality for months now, had devoured around 28 pigs and dogs.
Kurnool, Sept. 13: In the wake of wild animal attacks on cattle and humans, the forest department has concentrated on the leopard population to drive them back into the forests.
Following a leopard attack on pilgrims trekking the Tirumala hillock, forest officials kept surveillance on their movements.
The current focus is on the dwindling tiger population but here's another big cat that is coming under the gun, literally. The hill state of Uttarakhand, once a safe haven for wildlife, has lost an incredible 535 leopards in the past decade, turning it into a graveyard for the graceful animals. In the last six months, 45 leopards have been killed, and these are only the official figures.
As the most abundant of the big cats of India, the leopard generally manages quite well, living quite close to habitations unobtrusively. A recent study in the Pune region recorded a density of 12 adult leopards in a 100 sq km, human-dominated landscape with a density of 200 people per sq km. Happily, there was no report of fatal leopard attacks in the study area.
