Mumbai: Forest officials step up efforts to find Vasai leopard

Updated On: 16 April, 2024 04:30 AM IST | Mumbai | Ranjeet Jadhav

Locals upset with the authorities as they have not yet trapped the leopard

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Forest officials set up a night patrol station in the area

While there has been an unnecessary panic among the people in Vasai West about the leopard that was spotted in the Vasai fort, on Monday the forest department officials carried out a search operation in the area to locate the big cat. An official from the Maharashtra Forest Department said, “The camera trapping exercise in the area has been intensified. On Monday the officials even did a search operation in the area to locate the leopard. Officials have applied for permission to trap the leopard and are awaiting permission from the chief wildlife warden.”

Residents are in a state of panic with the big cat yet to be trapped. Pics/Hanif Patel