Leopard wanders into Vidyadhar Nagar; rescued by forest dept

Jaipur: A female leopard caused a stir in the city’s Vidyadhar Nagar area just a day before the Rising Rajasthan Global Investment Summit. At around 1 PM, the leopard was spotted near the Central Spine, in a government rest house’s nursery.

Prompt action was taken by the Forest Department, led by DCF Jagdish Gupta and Senior Veterinarian Dr. Arvind Mathur. Despite local disturbances, the team managed to tranquillize the leopard after a 4-hour operation. After this, it was taken to Nahargarh Biological Park for medical checkup and was released in the forest late in the evening. The animal, believed to be 3-4 years old, had wandered into the city from nearby forest in search of food and water. Fortunately, it did not pose a significant danger to humans. The incident raised concerns about the increasing human-leopard conflict, urging the Forest Dept to implement better management strategies to prevent future encounters. In this entire incident, one question arises again and again that there is a movement of about 150 leopards in the periphery of the Jaipur. Despite this, the prey base is so weak that leopards keep coming to the populated areas in search of food.