Forest department rescues leopard entangled in wire mesh near Pathankot

Leopard was 8-feet-long and fully grown

Forest department rescues leopard entangled in wire mesh near Pathankot

Forest department transports the leopard to a nearby forest. Tribune photo

Tribune News Service
Pathankot, October 24

The forest department rescued a fully grown leopard that got accidentally caught in a wire mesh 15 km from Pathankot on Saturday evening, officials.

The operation to rescue the 8-feet-leopard lasted 11 hours. Pathankot and Phillaur forest teams released the animal into a forest nearby, officials said.

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