Camera traps installed at 13 spots to capture elusive leopard in Erode

Tamil Nadu Minister for Housing and Urban Development S. Muthusamy said on Thursday, October 26 that camera traps were installed at 13 spots and four cages were placed at fringe villages near Nagamalai forest area at Arachalur to capture an elusive leopard. The Minister, along with Erode Collector Raja Gopal Sunkara, inspected the villages and held discussions with the Forest Department officials on the steps taken to capture the leopard. Mr. Muthusamy told the media that the animal, identified as a leopard through camera traps, had on October 14 killed a calf at Vellivalasu and after four days, it killed four goats at Om Sakthi Nagar. “Camera traps and cages were placed while seven-teams, each comprising three staff from the Forest Department, were formed for monitoring the area,” he added.