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Injured leopard rescued in Nashik

An injured leopard was rescued by forest officials at a village here, sources said today. 

On receiving information about a leopard lying injured at Inshi village in the district's tribal-dominated Kalwan taluka yesterday, the forest officials managed to bring it into a cage after sedating the feline, forest range officer R P Dhomse said. 

The leopard's right leg was found injured, Dhomse said, adding that they suspect that somebody might have tried to catch the carnivore with a rope, but it broke the rope and got wounded. 

After treatment, the leopard was taken to the Nashik's forest garden, he added.

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Leopard mauls farmer in Haridwar

 In the second leopard attack within a fortnight, a farmer was mauled while he was working in his fields on Friday evening. 

As soon as the animal pounced on Yusuf, he raised an alarm and farmers working in the fields nearby rushed to his rescue, forcing the wild animal to flee, but not before injuring him on the face and in the neck. 

Irate villagers gheraoed divisional forest officer Chandra Shekhar Semwal and demanded that arrangements be made for their security. 

They said they were afraid of going to work in the fields due to the numerous leopard-attack incidents in Haridwar and rural areas in its neighbourhood and despite several representations, the forest department had failed to provide them any security. The DFO assured them that patrolling would soon begin in the area. 

On March 1, a leopard had entered factory premises in the SIDCUL area and injured three employees. 

In April 2012, a leopard was spotted in the canteen of the collectorate building at Roshnabad. The wild animal had seriously injured an employee there.

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