As the green wraps and jungles are shrinking, news of wild animals encroaching human habitats have become common. In yet another spine-chilling incident, a cub was spotted inside a heritage hotel in Jaipur, Rajasthan on January 18, The Times of India report suggests. According to the report, the incident took place at the Kanota Castle heritage hotel when the leopard entered into the hotel staff room at around 9:40 am. The employee residing in the room had gone to drop his son to school. On discovering a leopard inside upon returning, the hotel staff shut the room,with the animal inside.
“In the morning, the dogs in the hotel suddenly started barking. The hotel staff tried to calm the dogs, but they did not stop. During this time, a tourist at the hotel saw the leopard and informed the staff about it. After this, the hotel owner informed the forest department, and the team reached to rescue it,” an official in the forest team said as quoted by The Times Of India.
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Inside Ratan Singh, the driver’s room at @KanotaHotelsCastle Kanota.Chased in there by their hound Gallop. It’s a juvenile. The forest department must have rescued him by now. #Jaipur pic.twitter.com/og8X99mtt8— Kaveri (@ikaveri) January 18, 2024
As shown in the clip, after entering the room, the big cat scattered all the items kept inside the room. Later, the forest officials were called in for help. The leopard was captured after one hour and tranquilised.
“In the morning, we received information about the leopard entering the hotel. After this, our team and the team of Jaipur Zoo reached the spot. There was no loss of life in this entire rescue operation. The leopard was taken to Nahargarh Rescue Centre, where after first aid, it would be released into the forest once again,” an official said.
This, however, is not the first incident in which a leopard has tried to create chaos by entering human spaces. A few days ago, a leopard was spotted at the TCS and Infosys campuses in Indore.
Similarly, a leopard stays trapped inside a cattle shed with a herd of buffaloes before it is rescued by the forest department. The Times of India report suggested that the incident occurred at a farmer’s cattle shed in Mota Samadhiyala village of Amreli district in Gujarat. Farmer Kanti Korat was milking his buffaloes when he spotted the leopard in the shed. He quickly got out and locked the shed in a bid to stop the leopard from wandering into a residential area.
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