‘Big cat did not respond to treatment’

A team from the ATR of the Coimbatore Forest Range, with the assistance of Coimbatore forest veterinarian A Sukumar, successfully captured the leopard using a trap net and transferred it into a cage after tranqulising it on Monday night.

After checking the health condition, a veterinary team started providing treatment to the animal by keeping it at the forest staff quarters at Maruthamalai foothills.

However, the animal died on Tuesday. The big cat had killed four goats at Onapalayam on March 1. It had also killed four goats near Kembanur. It had allegedly ventured into the Bharathiar University campus on March 5. “After the postmortem, the animal’s carcass was burnt as per NTCA guidelines,” said the official.

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