NAVI MUMBAI: Wildlife activists and forest department staff rescued a three-year-old male stuck in a dangerous 'jaw entice' arrange via poachers in Jeur Haibati village in Ahmednagar district on Thursday.
The injured leopard is these days below hospital treatment at a transit facility.
On Thursday, Wildlife SOS team primarily based out of the Manikdoh Leopard Rescue Centre in Junnar won a call from the forest department concerning the leopard.
A four-member team from the NGO rushed to the positioning with safety nets, restraining equipment and a entice cage.
The leopard’s left forelimb was caught in the steel jaw entice. Hundreds of curious on-lookers had gathered around the field and the forest officers needed to cordon off the world.
Wildlife SOS senior veterinarian Dr Ajay Deshmukh carefully immobilised the large cat using a sedatives. Once the team administered the drug, they carefully got rid of the entice from the entrapped forelimb.
The rescue venture lasted a number of hours and then the leopard was transported to a forest department base for commentary previous to its unencumber.
“We needed to first tranquilise the leopard to scrupulously remove the jaw entice. Any further prolong would have brought about severe injury to the forelimb. We disinfected the wound and administered topical treatment at the side of analgesics and anti inflammatory drugs. Fortunately, the harm is superficial, and no internal injuries were detected,” Deshmukh said.
The injured leopard is these days below hospital treatment at a transit facility.
On Thursday, Wildlife SOS team primarily based out of the Manikdoh Leopard Rescue Centre in Junnar won a call from the forest department concerning the leopard.
A four-member team from the NGO rushed to the positioning with safety nets, restraining equipment and a entice cage.
The leopard’s left forelimb was caught in the steel jaw entice. Hundreds of curious on-lookers had gathered around the field and the forest officers needed to cordon off the world.
Wildlife SOS senior veterinarian Dr Ajay Deshmukh carefully immobilised the large cat using a sedatives. Once the team administered the drug, they carefully got rid of the entice from the entrapped forelimb.
The rescue venture lasted a number of hours and then the leopard was transported to a forest department base for commentary previous to its unencumber.
“We needed to first tranquilise the leopard to scrupulously remove the jaw entice. Any further prolong would have brought about severe injury to the forelimb. We disinfected the wound and administered topical treatment at the side of analgesics and anti inflammatory drugs. Fortunately, the harm is superficial, and no internal injuries were detected,” Deshmukh said.
Ahmednagar: Leopard stuck in 'jaw trap' rescued
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