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| A leopard on the loose inside India’s largest car factory has been caught and tranquillised after sparking a frantic 36-hour search by 200 police and wildlife officials. | A leopard on the loose inside India’s largest car factory has been caught and tranquillised after sparking a frantic 36-hour search by 200 police and wildlife officials. |
| The big cat was spotted on Thursday on CCTV by guards at Maruti Suzuki’s manufacturing plant in the town of Manesar, 24 miles from the capital, New Delhi. | |
| After workers were evacuated from the plant, which produces nearly a million vehicles a year, police launched an operation to catch the animal, even using live goats and raw meat to lure it out of hiding. | After workers were evacuated from the plant, which produces nearly a million vehicles a year, police launched an operation to catch the animal, even using live goats and raw meat to lure it out of hiding. |
| But the leopard remained out of sight until it returned to the same location where it was first spotted. | But the leopard remained out of sight until it returned to the same location where it was first spotted. |
| “The wildlife team was successful in tranquillising the leopard late afternoon,” said Ashok Bakshi, the police deputy commissioner of Manesar. | “The wildlife team was successful in tranquillising the leopard late afternoon,” said Ashok Bakshi, the police deputy commissioner of Manesar. |
| “The animal has been removed from the factory and after medical examination will be released in the wild,” he told AFP. | “The animal has been removed from the factory and after medical examination will be released in the wild,” he told AFP. |
| “No one was injured in the operation and area has been declared safe.” | “No one was injured in the operation and area has been declared safe.” |
| Deadly conflict between humans and animals has increased in recent years in India largely due to shrinking forest habitats and urban expansion. | Deadly conflict between humans and animals has increased in recent years in India largely due to shrinking forest habitats and urban expansion. |
| India’s environment ministry said in August that 1,144 people were killed between April 2014 and May 2017 by wild animals – an average of more than one a day. | India’s environment ministry said in August that 1,144 people were killed between April 2014 and May 2017 by wild animals – an average of more than one a day. |
| There are an estimated 12 to14,000 leopards in India, which are frequently killed when they stray into villages. Officials say one is killed on average every day. | |
| In January a leopard was beaten to death by a mob outside Gurgaon, a satellite city outside Delhi, after it attacked and injured eight people. | In January a leopard was beaten to death by a mob outside Gurgaon, a satellite city outside Delhi, after it attacked and injured eight people. |
| Last year a leopard injured three children after wandering into a school in Bangalore in India’s south. Local schools went into lockdown for days until the leopard was located and tranquillised. | Last year a leopard injured three children after wandering into a school in Bangalore in India’s south. Local schools went into lockdown for days until the leopard was located and tranquillised. |