Re: Maneater of Devprayag
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:35 am
Excellent write up, Prashant. I hope you or your friend gets him before he gets anyone else. All the best.
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Pet dog as a bait ? That, I think is very cruel (even if the pet was on the other side of the partition). He must have loyally served/guarded/protected his master/master's family for many years. The irony is that after a few days he will happily resume his duties faithfully for the master who almost fed him to the leopard !prashantsingh wrote:The animal kept as bait to capture the leopard was a pet dog.
The dog was a medium size cocktail of all the bachelors his mother must have met. He had a brownish black coat and carried a dominant Tibetan Mastiff gene.
He had been kept in the cage for the night and the experience (of spending a night) with the leopard on the other side of the partition had turned him into a nervous wreck.
We met him a day after his "encounter" and were told that he had stopped eating, drinking and barking. He was hiding under his masters bed and refused to come out.
Very true Doc.The Doc wrote: Pet dog as a bait ? That, I think is very cruel
Rp.
Kazim,Kazim wrote:The solid steps that i think are
1.Make a selected number of leopards unfertile.
2.Allow killing of those leopards who become maneater or cattle lifter instead of translocating them.
hvj1 wrote:Kazim,Kazim wrote:The solid steps that i think are
1.Make a selected number of leopards unfertile.
2.Allow killing of those leopards who become maneater or cattle lifter instead of translocating them.
From Prashant's narration, you may have figured out how difficult it is to trap a leopard without avoiding injuries. these injuries could lead to a 'normal' leopard turning into a maneater.
Secondly, even an experienced shikari Like Mr. S.Singh, found it difficult to identify the maneater, hence gave benefit of doubt.
Maybe you need to do a 'rethink' on the subject
kanwar76 wrote:
I wish that as well Vikram. But the problem is how do we catch him? Leopards are very clever animals. This one has already been trapped once. I doubt he will be stupid enough to enter the cage again. Secondly all wild animals have a fear of man. Unfortunately when big cats turn maneaters this fear goes away. They realise how easy it is to kill humans for food. With every kill the animal becomes more cunning and clever.Vikram wrote: I only wish that the leopard could be captured.I know that you are an extremely ethical person in that regard.
Vikram