(IN) Wildlife SOS rescues leopard cub in Karnataka

[Guest guest]

Recently a young leopard cub was found alone in a sugarcane field in a small

mountain village in the western Indian state of Karnataka. The cub was

brought into the Manickdoh Leopard Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre, which

is run by Wildlife SOS. He was in perfect health but was only about 15 days

old-still nursing and too young to be away from his mother.

 

The WSOS team determined the best plan of action would be to release the cub

in the place he was found and monitor him to make sure he was retrieved by

his mother. They had interviewed several of the villagers who believed they

had seen her several times in the area.

 

Under cover of darkness (as leopards are primarily nocturnal) they released

the cub. They didn't have to wait long before the mother showed up and began

grooming and nursing the cub. The Wildlife SOS team returned in the morning

and the reunited mother and baby were gone. A job well done!

[Guest guest]

It is  a very good attempt.

During our workshop on Conflict animal Management in Srinagar,It was told that

The Leopards who reside in close proximity to human settlements ,learn to live

in this condition.It would have been more better, if the cub was  kept at the

site, where it was found abondoned, on very First day, if it is Healthy.It

provides stress and provoke the mother,who has lost her cub,to attack

humanbeings and other animals too.

Sandeep

 

Dr.Sandeep K.Jain

 

--- On Mon, 16/3/09, wrote:

 

 

 

(IN) Wildlife SOS rescues leopard cub in Karnataka

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Recently a young leopard cub was found alone in a sugarcane field in a small

mountain village in the western Indian state of Karnataka. The cub was

brought into the Manickdoh Leopard Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre, which

is run by Wildlife SOS. He was in perfect health but was only about 15 days

old-still nursing and too young to be away from his mother.

 

The WSOS team determined the best plan of action would be to release the cub

in the place he was found and monitor him to make sure he was retrieved by

his mother. They had interviewed several of the villagers who believed they

had seen her several times in the area.

 

Under cover of darkness (as leopards are primarily nocturnal) they released

the cub. They didn't have to wait long before the mother showed up and began

grooming and nursing the cub. The Wildlife SOS team returned in the morning

and the reunited mother and baby were gone. A job well done!