An adult male leopard on Tuesday was captured from a residential area in Sikkim's Soreng district, forest officials said.Acting on the complaints by residents of Nesurgaon locality about the sighting of a wild leopard, a team of forest and environment department laid a trap two days ago and captured the wild cat, an official said.The leopard was found in good health during preliminary examination and it has been safely translocated to a safe habitat away from human settlements, the official said.The male leopard had killed several cattle recently as a result of which the local people felt threatened too.Soreng district has witnessed a gradual rise in incidents of man-animal conflict in recent years.A total of six male leopards have been captured from human habitation by the officials of the Soreng Wildlife Range over the past two years from the district.
