Archive · 10 Aug 2026
Fourth Leopard Captured in Dudhwa Buffer Zone in UP
A leopard is a big wild cat that has spots on its fur.
People who live in villages near a forest in India were worried because leopards were coming close to their homes.
Some leopards had attacked villagers, so people were scared.
Forest workers put large cages in places where leopards often walk.
One night, a leopard walked into one of the cages near Murtiha village, and it was trapped safely.
This was the fourth leopard caught in that area since August 2.
The forest workers took the leopard to their office to have a doctor check if it was healthy.
They will decide what to do with it next, so the leopard and the villagers can both be safe.
A leopard was captured on Sunday night in a cage installed at a farmhouse near Murtiha village in the Belrayan forest range.
It is the fourth leopard captured in the Belrayan range of the Dudhwa buffer zone since August 2.
The captured leopard was brought to range headquarters for medical examination and further course of action.
Cages had been set up at sensitive spots in view of rising leopard movement in the area.
Forest teams are regularly patrolling, and the captures follow recent attacks on villagers in the area.
- Who
- Forest department teams in the Belrayan range, under range officer Bhupendra Singh, captured the leopard.
- What
- A leopard was captured in a cage in the Dudhwa buffer zone; it is the fourth captured in the Belrayan range since August 2.
- When
- Sunday night; the capture was reported on August 10.
- Where
- Near Murtiha village in the Belrayan forest range, Dudhwa buffer zone, Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh.
- Why
- To prevent attacks on villagers following recent leopard attacks in the area.
- Incident
- Leopard captured in cage
- Location
- Belrayan forest range, Dudhwa buffer zone, Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh
- Capture site
- Farm house near Murtiha village
- Leopards captured since August 2
- 4
- Forest Range Officer
- Bhupendra Singh
- Next step
- Medical examination at range headquarters
- Report date
- August 10
- Source
- PTI