Guwahati News Desk: An adult leopard was found trapped inside in a chicken cage in the Banfera tea estate area at Sonari in Sivasagar district in Assam on Monday.
According to the sources, the leopard aged about 12-year-old which was found trapped inside a chicken cage. The incident took place at around 6 am. The villagers have said that the leopard came inside the chicken cage in search of food and was later found stuck.
Soon after the leopard was found trapped, the villagers immediately informed the forest department of Sonari. The forest officials immediately rush on the spot to take stock of it. They came with an iron cage in conformity with the hen coop and were able to trap the leopard inside the iron cage successfully.
The forest officials brought the leopard to Sonari Range headquarters and were released into the Abhaypur Reserve Forest at around 5 pm.
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