<p>A four-year-old male leopard was trapped in a cage, laid by the Forest department personnel, on a land belonging to Elizabeth Rani, at Shantipura in the taluk on Tuesday.<br /><br />Acting on the complaints of the residents of the village about pet dogs disappearing since a week, due to suspected leopard menace, the department had placed a cage on Monday. <br />The leopard fell to the bait on the same night.<br /><br />The leopard was later released into the Nagarahole forests, said department personnel.</p>
<p>A four-year-old male leopard was trapped in a cage, laid by the Forest department personnel, on a land belonging to Elizabeth Rani, at Shantipura in the taluk on Tuesday.<br /><br />Acting on the complaints of the residents of the village about pet dogs disappearing since a week, due to suspected leopard menace, the department had placed a cage on Monday. <br />The leopard fell to the bait on the same night.<br /><br />The leopard was later released into the Nagarahole forests, said department personnel.</p>