Shirur/Pune: Locals in the Shirur taluka of the Pune district have been living in fear after a leopard was spotted by farmers on the Wadu-Apti Road. A farmer named Swapnil Chhabaji Kotwal spotted a leopard while walking in a sugarcane field at night.
Citizens were horrified when they saw leopards roaming in the area at night and again in the morning. The workers had also found 3 cubs about a week ago in the sugarcane fields. Preliminary information coming out of the area indicates that leopards are roaming in search of the cubs.
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The farmers in the area are now demanding that the forest department should set up a cage and capture the leopards so that no untoward incidents take place. The incidents of human-animal conflict have skyrocketed over the years due to encroachment into animal habitats or other reasons. Many incidents end with fatalities on one or both sides.
