NEWSLINK: Lured by buffalo meat odour, leopard tours factory in Chandigarh

After a spate of unconfirmed sightings and false reports in the Tricity of leopards roving deep into human-dominated landscapes, this time around the pugmarks were authentic. Lured by the odour of buffalo meat under slaughter at an export house plant, a leopard made a bold appearance at 3.30 pm on Monday and then repeated the foray on Monday/Tuesday night. Not only was the leopard spotted by the factory watchman but the big cat left behind a trail of unmistakable pugmarks in dry and wet soil. The big cat even entered the closed factory as its pugmarks were found inside later by the wildlife department's guard, Narendra Kumar.


Having confirmed the intrusion was indeed of a leopard at the Mirha Exports’ meat/slaughter plant on Rani Majra road, Jaula Khurd village, Derabassi, the Punjab forest and wildlife preservation department placed a trap cage on Tuesday afternoon to reassure factory staff and nearby residents. “Leopards have come into the Derabassi area in past years also as it lies in the foothills and is contiguous with such areas as Berwala.

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