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Three leopard cubs found


A team of forest guards from the District Forest Office, Rautahat, in the course of patrol has found three leopard cubs in Chandranigahapur on Thursday. 

The forest guards found the three cubs of leopard, which is an endangered species, in Chocha forest area under Chandranigahapur forest division. The cubs appear to have been born just a few days ago. Locals, who had gone to the forest to collect fodder, were taking home the strange-looking animals thinking they were kittens. 

After the cubs were recovered from the locals, the forest guards had handed them over to the DFO. 

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A forest guard feeding milk to a young wildlife, which appears to be a leopard cub, at the District Forest Office in Rautahat on Friday. Three cubs were found in a forest near Chandranigahapur on Thursday. (Madan Thakur/Republica)

Jayaram Patel, one of the forest guards, said that the cubs have been kept safely at the residential quarters of forest guards. The cubs have yet to open their eyes. Patel said the cubs are being fed buffalo milk.

Despite Patel’s claim that the babies are leopard cubs, Chief Forest Officer Baburam Bhandari said he is not sure. Bhandari said, “The cubs are from the cat family but may not be leopard cubs. We contacted the park authorities but they said the cubs are too young for them to care for. So the forest guards are looking after the cubs,” he said.

In recent days, due to fires in Rautahat forests, poaching of wild animals has also increased. Locals have also been taking in young wildlife fleeing the forest fires.

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