Ambur: People in areas close to Ambur in Vellore district are in a state of fear following an attack by a leoprad in which a calf died. Place Arangal Durugam is the locality next to Ambur, Vellore district, where a farmer called Palani and his wife Geetha live.
Couple does farming on a piece of two acre land and they have cattle too. Last night, a leopard had attacked the calf in the backyard and killed it. This morning, on seeing the dead calf, Palani informed the forest department officials.
Opon receiving the information, team comprising of the forest department officials and veterinary doctors reached the spot and did a post-mortem of the dead calf. Forest department officials have already been keeping a close watch in Ponna Palli and Abigiripattarai areas and are armed with two cages to capture two leopards roaming in those areas.
This attack on the calf in the Arangal Durugam area, has created a panic among the people in the locality. People living in these parts say the movement of leopards has increased in the area in the past few days.
While Entering the villages from the forests, the leopards hide behind the bushes or agricultural gardens and hunt sheep and cattle. Recently, forest department officials tried capturing a leopard hiding in the sugarcane fields in the Chinnanguppam village in Nagaleri division next to Vaniyambadi.
Earlier Leopard chased some 300-odd people gathered there. One person was bitten by the big cat. Following this, the forest department officials have camped-in the locality and are rigorously engaged in capturing the leopard.
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