After a CCTV camera captured footage of a young leopard crossing a street in Mulund (West) on Sunday morning, the forest department asked residents not to panic as the cats are known to frequent the area. The footage showed a leopard crossing the street near a residential colony located along boundary of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) around 2 am. Officials from the forest department said they had received a call from the residents after they saw the footage. “If a leopard has been captured on camera, it doesn’t mean the animal needs to be captured. Similar drives will be conducted along with SGNP forest officials on January 26.

Source: Hindustan Times January 23, 2017 03:33 UTC