<p>Interestingly, the leopard didn’t care much for the dog kept as bait in the cage by the forest department officials. Instead, when they replaced it with a goat, the leopard is said to have fallen for the trap.<br /><br />The five-year-old male leopard had created fear among villagers in Mallipattana Hobli in the taluk for the last two weeks. <br /><br />The wild cat would be transferred to Kempu Hole Forest in Sakleshpur taluk. <br /><br />Forest officers Hanumantharayappa, Devaraj, Puneethkumar, Manjegowda, Manju and Annaiya participated in the operation to capture the leopard.<br /></p>
<p>Interestingly, the leopard didn’t care much for the dog kept as bait in the cage by the forest department officials. Instead, when they replaced it with a goat, the leopard is said to have fallen for the trap.<br /><br />The five-year-old male leopard had created fear among villagers in Mallipattana Hobli in the taluk for the last two weeks. <br /><br />The wild cat would be transferred to Kempu Hole Forest in Sakleshpur taluk. <br /><br />Forest officers Hanumantharayappa, Devaraj, Puneethkumar, Manjegowda, Manju and Annaiya participated in the operation to capture the leopard.<br /></p>
