Tribal man hacks leopard to dying in Kerala’s Idukki after huge cat pounces on him 

By Express News Service

IDUKKI: A leopard, which strayed right into a village, was hacked to dying by a tribal man after the animal attacked him at Mankulam within the Idukki district on Saturday morning.

Gopalan, 45, of Chikkanamkudi tribal colony hacked the large cat because it pounced on him and bit his hand when he was going to the farmland for work at 7 am.

Gopalan, who sustained accidents on his fingers and legs, was admitted to the taluk hospital. Mankulam vary forest authorities stated Gopalan hacked the leopard to save lots of his life because the animal had attacked him.

“The leopard has been roaming around the village for the past three weeks and has killed goats and chicken and we had complained to the forest authorities. On Saturday, Gopalan went to the farmland for work at around 7 am along with his brother’s son Somarajan. When they reached the farmland, the leopard, which was hiding behind a cocoa tree, pounced on him. The leopard bit him on his hands and he fell on the ground while trying to escape from the grip of the animal. Somehow, he got hold of the machete and he hacked the leopard on its neck. The injured leopard collapsed and died after some time,” stated Chikkanamkudi BSS president Velappan, a relative of Gopalan.

The forest division had positioned a lure within the space and was ready for the leopard on Friday night time.

Meanwhile, the leopard entered the premises of Kottayi Binoy at sixth Mile, which was one kilometre away from Gopalan’s home, at 6 am on Saturday.

Binoy had positioned a lure utilizing nets round his poultry home. Though the leopard was trapped within the web when it tried to enter the cage, it ripped off the online and escaped. The leopard had killed 5 birds. The residents rushed to the spot listening to the leopard’s growls, but it surely escaped.

“The leopard had been frequenting the village for the past few weeks and we had placed a cage to trap it. We kept guard at Chikknamkudi till 5.30 in the morning but the leopard did not come. It had killed the goats and poultry of many farmers in the area,” stated Dileep Khan, forester at Mankulam vary workplace.

The incident occurred at settlement quantity 33 underneath the Kallar part forest workplace. The leopard suffered three lower accidents on the left facet of its neck, proper facet of the top and proper entrance leg. The leopard was aged and had misplaced a tooth. The carcass shall be buried after a postmortem examination by the forest division veterinary surgeon

IDUKKI: A leopard, which strayed right into a village, was hacked to dying by a tribal man after the animal attacked him at Mankulam within the Idukki district on Saturday morning.

Gopalan, 45, of Chikkanamkudi tribal colony hacked the large cat because it pounced on him and bit his hand when he was going to the farmland for work at 7 am.

Gopalan, who sustained accidents on his fingers and legs, was admitted to the taluk hospital. Mankulam vary forest authorities stated Gopalan hacked the leopard to save lots of his life because the animal had attacked him.

“The leopard has been roaming around the village for the past three weeks and has killed goats and chicken and we had complained to the forest authorities. On Saturday, Gopalan went to the farmland for work at around 7 am along with his brother’s son Somarajan. When they reached the farmland, the leopard, which was hiding behind a cocoa tree, pounced on him. The leopard bit him on his hands and he fell on the ground while trying to escape from the grip of the animal. Somehow, he got hold of the machete and he hacked the leopard on its neck. The injured leopard collapsed and died after some time,” stated Chikkanamkudi BSS president Velappan, a relative of Gopalan.

The forest division had positioned a lure within the space and was ready for the leopard on Friday night time.

Meanwhile, the leopard entered the premises of Kottayi Binoy at sixth Mile, which was one kilometre away from Gopalan’s home, at 6 am on Saturday.

Binoy had positioned a lure utilizing nets round his poultry home. Though the leopard was trapped within the web when it tried to enter the cage, it ripped off the online and escaped. The leopard had killed 5 birds. The residents rushed to the spot listening to the leopard’s growls, but it surely escaped.

“The leopard had been frequenting the village for the past few weeks and we had placed a cage to trap it. We kept guard at Chikknamkudi till 5.30 in the morning but the leopard did not come. It had killed the goats and poultry of many farmers in the area,” stated Dileep Khan, forester at Mankulam vary workplace.

The incident occurred at settlement quantity 33 underneath the Kallar part forest workplace. The leopard suffered three lower accidents on the left facet of its neck, proper facet of the top and proper entrance leg. The leopard was aged and had misplaced a tooth. The carcass shall be buried after a postmortem examination by the forest division veterinary surgeon