Trapped in cement slab, leopard rescued after 20 days
Times of India
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In a bizarre incident in a village in Kodinar taluka of Junagadh district, a leopard was cemented inside a concrete slab for last 20 days. It was discovered on Tuesday when it managed to break a brick. A major operation was carried out to rescue it.
According to sources, the incident was reported from Kadodara village where labourers built a wall around a leopard which had hidden in a hollow chamber on the third storey of an under-construction house. They did not know that the animal was inside.
Range forest officer (Jamwala Forest Range-Gir) LD Parmar told TOI, "The leopard was found from the house being constructed by Natu Vala, chairman of a sugar factory here. The village is about 8 km away from Kodinar town. The supporting slab under the roof of the house was inadvertently cemented from all sides during the finishing of the bungalow 20 days ago."
"It is a wonder that the animal was alive even after 20 days. In the morning, when a labourer was splashing water on the site, the leopard broke a brick and started growling," he said. "We waited for night fall to rescue the big cat as it would be resting then. We built a contraption to place a cage at the height of the third floor and thus the leopard was rescued and rushed for medical checkup,'' Parmar said.
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Thank God the leopard was able to alert people and be rescued. Would like updates on progress.
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