Leopard Predation Thread

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A Leopard managed to hoist a calf up a tree in Southern India.

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'In a bizarre incident, a leopard caught a calf and hung it from a tree at a rubber plantation near Athirappilly in Kerala on Saturday.


The leopard, who wandered into the plantation, caught the two-year-old calf, which belonged to Chandran Puthenpurayil, and climbed up the 12­-feet tree to devour it.

However, locals came running after hearing the cry of the calf, and the leopard fled the spot leaving the calf hanging from the tree. Forest guards and a veterinary doctor reached the spot soon after, and the calf was treated for injures.

Leopard attacks happen often in the area, and two calves were killed in recent months.'

https://newsable.asianetnews.com/kerala/...-calf-tree


The source said this calf is alive, but there was a peer reviewed study that mentioned about this incident, and the calf was already killed.

The calf could have possibly been different from the live one that was photographed?

"In Athirapilly forest range, a killed calf was cached on the branch of a rubber tree, and similar mode of feeding was noticed."

source: Govind, Suresh K., and Eluvathingal Antony Jayson. "Human-Leopard Conflict on The Kerala-Tamil Nadu Border, Southern India." Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (JBNHS) 118 (2021). Reply