Leopard enters Panchkula town, causes scare
December 29th, 2011 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANSPanchkula (Haryana), Dec 29 (IANS) A leopard entered a residential area in Haryana’s Panchkula town Thursday afternoon, causing a scare among people.
Wildlife officials, who were able to pin down the wild cat with a tranquilizer gun later, said that the animal seemed to have strayed into this town, 15 km from Chandigarh, from the forest area of Morni Hills near here.
“The leopard was roaming around freely from one house to another in Sector 10. On seeing people around, it also seemed to have got scared,” resident Suresh Sharma said.
The residents informed the police, who called in wildlife officials. The wildlife officials were able to tranquilize the animal after some effort.
The leopard hid itself in the garage of a house and lost consciousness.
The wildlife team took it away and after examining it at a veterinary hospital, it was released back in the forest area.
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