The cub, aged 10-12 months, was observed moving in close circuit cameras in Bajaj Nagar-AG Colony, Sarswati Colony, and Anita Colony over the past 2-3 days, but could not be spotted or traced.
The Forest Department team on Tuesday morning successfully captured the leopard that had been terrorizing the Mahsi tehsil area of Bahraich district for the past month.
CCTV footage captured the leopard moving through different areas of the colony, which houses prominent residents, including former BJP MP Ram Charan Bohra.
The presence of a leopard in Lucknow’s Cantonment area has created panic among residents.
A leopard killed an 8-year-old girl after dragging her by the neck in an agricultural field in front of her mother in a village in Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday.
The official said that the last census was conducted in 2016 in which the total number of leopards, who are also among the major 'big cats' in the world
Wildlife lover and Union Minister of State Ramdas Athawale adopted a five-year-old leopard at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, here on Tuesday.
A Forest Department team told the media, quoting the villagers, the leopard that had entered the village was surrounded by a pack of village dogs.
The incident happened when the leopard pounced on him and bit his hand when he was going to the farmland for work at around 7 am.
The forest department has arrested three Nepalese nationals with hides of two red panda and one leopard.
