The increase in the number of leopard sightings has worried many residents.
The official shared that railway teams found leopard droppings in a coach, but it is not known from where the leopard entered the coach.
The sighting of leopards in and around Bengaluru and other parts of Karnataka has been making headlines for quite some time now. The increase in the number of leopard sightings has worried many residents. Conservationists and environmentalists have blamed increasing human activities in forests and eco-sensitive areas for driving the leopards out of their habitat. Now in a recent incident, leopard droppings were found in one of the coaches of the goods train which arrived a few days back at the Rail Wheel Factory (RWF) premises in Bengaluru. Leopard droppings indicate that the female leopard, which is still roaming around the RWF premises or nearby areas, had arrived on a goods train. This is because the RWF campus is surrounded by urban areas. The animal may have come from the forest areas of Doddaballapur, KR Puram and Kaggalipura, which are far away. Even though the complex is large and has small forests, there are no leopard habitats. Hence, the only way to reach the campus was to take a goods train ride.
A forest official told The New Indian Express, “Many coaches come to RWF for repairs or even for passing. The leopard could have entered one such train.” The official shared that railway teams found leopard droppings in a coach, but it is not known from where the leopard entered the coach.
Meanwhile, an alert has been sounded in the campus and residents have been asked not to step out at night. The leopard was reportedly warned on the night of March 27 after it was sighted again near a trap set up by forest staff. Unfortunately, it only went around the net, but did not enter the cage, in which beef, mutton as well as a live goat were kept as bait. Residents have been urged to move around in groups, and if necessary, carry a stick or torch.
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