<p>The leopard, which has over the past few months raided pens in the villages and carried away sheep, goats and even dogs, was trapped in a cage set up by the Forest Department staff.<br /><br />The predator had killed two cows, 20 calves, 15 sheep and goats.<br /><br />Acting on a complaint from the village residents, the Rest Department staff had set up a cage in the farm of Puttaswame Gowda a month ago. A dog had been tied inside the cage as prey to lure the big cat.<br /><br />On Sunday night, the leopard approached the cage, killed the dog from outside, and entered the trap to eat the carcass.</p>.<p>When the Forest staff were carrying the cage to release the leopard in the forest, the animal managed to gore the arm of Prakash, a farmer. The animal was let off at Balegarana <br />Gadde in the Rajiv Gandhi National Park.<br /><br />Assistant Conservator of Forest Chandrashekhar and Forest staff Shekharayya, Ashok Kumar, Pradeep, Appaji, Suresh, Shivaraju and Chikkanna participated in the operation to capture the cat.<br /></p>
<p>The leopard, which has over the past few months raided pens in the villages and carried away sheep, goats and even dogs, was trapped in a cage set up by the Forest Department staff.<br /><br />The predator had killed two cows, 20 calves, 15 sheep and goats.<br /><br />Acting on a complaint from the village residents, the Rest Department staff had set up a cage in the farm of Puttaswame Gowda a month ago. A dog had been tied inside the cage as prey to lure the big cat.<br /><br />On Sunday night, the leopard approached the cage, killed the dog from outside, and entered the trap to eat the carcass.</p>.<p>When the Forest staff were carrying the cage to release the leopard in the forest, the animal managed to gore the arm of Prakash, a farmer. The animal was let off at Balegarana <br />Gadde in the Rajiv Gandhi National Park.<br /><br />Assistant Conservator of Forest Chandrashekhar and Forest staff Shekharayya, Ashok Kumar, Pradeep, Appaji, Suresh, Shivaraju and Chikkanna participated in the operation to capture the cat.<br /></p>
