
Without getting caught, mother leopard takes away a cub
The Hindu
Wildlife authorities expect big cat to come back for second cub
A mother leopard that had left two of its cubs at an abandoned building at Ummini near Olavakode in Palakkad two days ago took away one of them on Monday night. The Forest and Wildlife officials were hopeful that the leopard might turn up again to take the second cub on Tuesday night.
The Wildlife authorities had kept an iron cage next to the abandoned building where the leopard cubs were found on Sunday. As expected, the mother leopard turned up on Sunday and Monday nights looking for its cubs. The leopard was caught in the camera traps thrice on Sunday night.

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