Carcasses of two leopards found, one leopard trapped

Carcasses of two leopards were found in Kachojan Tea estate in upper Assam while a leopard which was creating terror at the NEIST campus here was trapped by forest personnel today.
Both the carcasses were found between a distance of 100 metres of each other in sector 19 tea section of the estate, said Beken Pegu, in-charge of Titabor Forest Beat Office here today.
Pegu said both the leopards, probably a couple, had no noticeable injury marks or internal injury but suspected to have been poisoned with food items.
Samples have been collected and sent for forensic test, the official said and added, after post mortem both the carcasses were consigned to flame in presence of Judicial Magistrate of Titabor Sub-Judicial Magistrate here.

A two year old leopard which was creating terror at the campus of North East Institute of Science and Technology (NEIST) here was trapped by the Jorhat Forest division personnel today and was left free at the Gibbon Wildlife sanctuary.
The leopard was terrorising the entire NEIST campus for the last 14 days forcing scientists and employees shut their doors at sundown, the institute sources said.

The NEIST employees were also compelled to use their vehicles to reach their respective departments from their official quarter, said Tonkeswar Gayan, one of the Forest officials team that trapped the leopard.
Meanwhile, a rescued female swamp deer succumbed to its injuries today even after it was provided medical treatment in Jorhat district veterinary hospital.

Majuli Forest divisional officials had rescued the injured swamp deer from Sorola Pathar of Halmora area in Upper Majuli under Majuli district here today.
The wounded deer was rushed to the veterinary hospital for treatment but died within two hours, said Atul Das, officer of Majuli Forest range here.
According to Das the deer was suspected to have got serious internal injuries when crossing fences as no external injury mark was identified.
He said the Majuli Forest division has recovered four such swamp deer since January this year and all of them were successfully let off in the Gibbon Wildlife sanctuary.