NEWSLINK: Now fish water to be used to draw leopards near cages

In an unconventional approach to keep a leopard away, the forest department has been advising villagers to sing loudly while crossing fields alone. Now in yet another strange method, the forest officials are trying to draw leopards close to the cages by sprinkling water used to wash fish near the cages. After leopards killed two children and injured one in Surat and Bharuch, attempts are being made to trap it at the earliest before it can target any other human.


“We are sprinkling water in which fish, especially bumla or Bombay duck, was kept and cleaned. The water with strong smell of fish is being sprinkled around the cage and the track of leopard to bring the wild cat close to the cage and trap it,” said Puneet Nayyar, deputy conservator of forest, Surat.


The forest department normally keeps bait of chicken or goat in cages to attract the leopards. However, for a stronger smell in current situation, the forest officials are now using the water in which fish is kept for better results.

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