Male leopard walks close to Godavari river islands to prey on deer, Black Bucks in Andhra Pradesh
The Hindu
A male Indian Leopard enters Kadiyam flower nurseries, prompting wildlife authorities to deploy drones for tracking.
KADIYAM (EAST GODAVARI)
A lone male Indian Leopard has entered the Kadiyam flower nurseries after completing its 18-day sojourn within the Diwancheruvu West Reserve Forest abutting Rajamahendravaram City. It was first sighted through a CCTV surveillance camera, near the All-India Radio station on September 6.
On the night of September 14, the leopard had entered the flower nurseries at Kadiyapu Lanka, the heart of the nurseries nestled between river Godavari and its islands.
East Godavari In-Charge District Forest Officer S. Bharani told The Hindu; “We have identified the pug marks of the male leopard in the flower nurseries on September 24. We could trace the pug marks in the nurseries given the black soil used to raise the plants”.
“The leopard has moved out of the Diwancheru Reserve Forest only to walk close to the islands of river Godavari which are home to deers and Black Bucks. Given the route that was prowled by the leopard, we can ascertain that it had come out to prey on the Deers and Black Bucks in the islands”, stated Ms. Bharani. Ms. Bharani is leading the forest officials team deployed to trace and trap the leopard. The leopard also crossed the ONGC administrative campus to enter into the Kadiyam nurseries.
Drones deployed
The Wildlife authorities have decided to deploy drones to track the movements of the leopard that could be sighted easily as the density of the flower nurseries is less compared to the tree cover in the reserve forest.
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