Dog escapes unhurt after a night with leopard in bathroom

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Dog escapes unhurt after a night with leopard in bathroom

Monday, 06 March 2023 | PNS | NEW TEHRI

Though leopards venturing into villages and preying on dogs and other domesticated animals is not rare in Uttarakhand, a dog escaping unhurt after spending hours with a leopard in a bathroom is uncommon. A leopard and a dog got caught together in a bathroom of a home in Thapla village of Bhilangana block in Tehri district at about 1 AM on Sunday. The predator and prey spent about eight hours in the bathroom but the leopard did not attack the dog. After considerable effort, the Forest department was able to trap the leopard in a cage after which the big cat was sent to the rescue centre at Chidiyapur in Haridwar.

According to locals, a leopard came to Vikas Bisht's house at Thapla village in search of prey at about 1 AM on Sunday. The leopard pounced on the dog outside the home which in turn entered the bathroom in an effort to escape the big cat. The leopard followed the dog into the bathroom. On seeing the dog and the leopard in the bathroom, Bisht closed the bathroom door and latched it from outside. For many hours the family members kept looking at the bathroom door while the dog kept barking loudly. Bisht informed the Forest department at 6 AM about the leopard in the bathroom. The Forest department team reached the spot after an hour. The department team placed a cage at the door of the bathroom and finally managed to cage the leopard at about 9:30 AM after considerable efforts. This was followed by the dog coming out safely from the bathroom after spending a night with the leopard.  Forest range officer Harsharam Uniyal said that the male leopard caught in the cage is estimated to be aged about eight to nine years. The big cat was being sent to the rescue centre in Chidiyapur after a basic check up at the Pipladi veterinary hospital, he added.

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