Udhagamandalam: A leopard used to be rescued from a smartly in Mukkimalai village that falls below the Kundha range in the Nilgiris, on Tuesday.
The one-and-a-half-year-old animal had fallen into the smartly near a temple in Mukkimalai, 30km from Ooty, Kundha woodland range officer Ramachandran stated. “There are three wells near the temple. While one is closed, the opposite two are open. Local citizens, who found the animal, had alerted the dep. officers,” he informed TOI.
“There used to be water within the 15 toes deep smartly. We placed a ladder in the smartly. After some time, the leopard climbed the ladder, reached the bottom and bumped into the nearby woodland area,” he stated. The whole operation took nearly two hours. “We could not assess the sex of the animal,” he added.
The woodland officers have asked the panchayat to close the wells instantly. tnn
The one-and-a-half-year-old animal had fallen into the smartly near a temple in Mukkimalai, 30km from Ooty, Kundha woodland range officer Ramachandran stated. “There are three wells near the temple. While one is closed, the opposite two are open. Local citizens, who found the animal, had alerted the dep. officers,” he informed TOI.
“There used to be water within the 15 toes deep smartly. We placed a ladder in the smartly. After some time, the leopard climbed the ladder, reached the bottom and bumped into the nearby woodland area,” he stated. The whole operation took nearly two hours. “We could not assess the sex of the animal,” he added.
The woodland officers have asked the panchayat to close the wells instantly. tnn
Leopard rescued from well
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