Coimbatore: An afternoon after a leopard attacked a 48-year-old tea estate worker, loads of labourers of Tan tea estate staged a protest in opposition to wooded area officials’ state of no activity in Manapalli range close to Valparai on Saturday.
Pointing out that a number of such attacks had been reported in more than a few tea estates at Valparai, they mentioned the wooded area division had performed little to forestall the animals from coming into the estates.
On Friday evening, K Chandramathi of Tan tea estate used to be attacked via a leopard. On May 26, a leopard had attacked a 10-year-old girl, whose mother stored her daughter via counterattacking the animal with a log. In February, a four-year-old used to be mauled to dying at Nadumalai tea estate.
As according to the Manampalli range officer, R G Shekar, six digital camera traps have been arrange in more than a few locations the place leopard movement used to be spotted. “We will take a look at if it's the identical leopard or there are many leopards coming into the estates. Also, we can in finding out if it is an previous leopard. Once we discover it out, we can lay traps and capture the animal,” mentioned Shekar.
The anti-poaching watchers are also on top alert, the legit mentioned.
Pointing out that a number of such attacks had been reported in more than a few tea estates at Valparai, they mentioned the wooded area division had performed little to forestall the animals from coming into the estates.
On Friday evening, K Chandramathi of Tan tea estate used to be attacked via a leopard. On May 26, a leopard had attacked a 10-year-old girl, whose mother stored her daughter via counterattacking the animal with a log. In February, a four-year-old used to be mauled to dying at Nadumalai tea estate.
As according to the Manampalli range officer, R G Shekar, six digital camera traps have been arrange in more than a few locations the place leopard movement used to be spotted. “We will take a look at if it's the identical leopard or there are many leopards coming into the estates. Also, we can in finding out if it is an previous leopard. Once we discover it out, we can lay traps and capture the animal,” mentioned Shekar.
The anti-poaching watchers are also on top alert, the legit mentioned.
Tea workers seek protection from leopard attack
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