Leopard in a spot, runs into house - Deccan Chronicle

Bengaluru: A leopard accidentally entered a house in Kunigal Taluk of Tumkur District. A little past midnight on Tuesday, Mrutyunjay, the owner of the house, was awoken by  his dog, which was tied outside. Mrutyunjaya emerged to find his dog being dragged away by the leopard. He led his family to safety out the back door. while the leopard entered through the front. Mrutyunjay locked the animal inside. The Forest Department was informed and the animal tranquilising team from the Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) arrived on the scene.  Volunteers from BBMP Forest Cell, who sat on the roof of the house, dangled a cell phone with its video recording on. lowering it into every room. The leopard, hiding in a small room, snatched the phone and gave itself away. Scared by the crowd outside, the leopard had hidden under a bed in one of the rooms. One of the rescue team members entered the house as Dr Chettiappa and his team from the BBP prepared the dart gun to use on the leopard. It was darted twice in the same room around 2 am, 14 hours after it entered the house. The leopard had no injuries and was released into the forests of Muttatti on Tuesday evening. "It killed two livestock and ate one," said Chinnappa, RFO, Kunigal.  The animal also left the house covered in scratches as it tried to escape. via Science - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH4t2OuOTOfTcvDAHECI6-2vyxNuA&url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130619/news-current-affairs/article/leopard-spot-runs-house

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