A leopard stuck in a wire snare was rescued from a village in Dahanu on Wednesday afternoon after a two-hour long operation by the forest department and the members of Wildlife Conservation and Animal Welfare Association (WCAWA). “We realised that the leopard was stuck in a wire snare that was attached to the tree. Team that rescued leopard stuck in wire snare in Dahanu (Virat A Singh/DNA )Seeing the cage, the leopard seemed eager in getting inside the cage. “The wire snare was long and the leopard almost entered the cage and we snapped the wire and quickly shut the gates ensuring the leopard was successfully trapped,” said Kansara. As per Forest department officials, most of the times these wire snares are used to trap wild boars by local villagers.

Source: dna January 17, 2018 16:28 UTC