by   बल्लारपूर येथील बिबट रेस्क्यु आॅपरेशन एक थरारक अनुभव बल्लारपूर येथे घडलेला प्रसंग आयुष्यात नेहमीच स्मरत राहील असाच होता. तो दिवस. तिथला प्रसंग. तो थरार सुदैवानं मी बचावाल्यामुळ आपणाशी अनुभव कथन करीत आहे.उन्हाळ्याची सुरवात झाली. सकाळपासूनच उन्ह तापू लागत. त्यामुळे एप्रिल-मे महिन्यात दरवषी इको-प्रोतर्फे जंगल ट्राकिंग राबविण्यात येते. त्यानुसार जंगलात जाण्यासाठी सर्व कार्यकर्ते सोमवारी दि २१ एप्रिल रोजी भल्या पहाटे पठाणपुरा मार्गावरील कार्यालयासमोर जमली होती. त्यातच रविवारी सिंदेवाही तालुक्यातील नवरगांव लगतच्या आलेसूर गावातील विहीरीत पडलेल्या बिबटचे रेस्क्यु आॅपरेशन दरम्यान मृत्यू झाल्याने त्या घटनास्थळास भेट देऊन माहीती जाणून घेण्य़ाकरिता आपण तिकडे जावे आणि कार्यकर्त्यांना जंगलात पाठवावेए असा बेत सुरु होता. * ** * * * * ** * ** **** **** ** * * *** ** ** * * * *** *** मराठी वृत्तपत्रे  |
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Leopard strays into Ballarpur, injures three
Mazhar Ali, -CHANDRAPUR: In a daredevil rescue operation, forest officials and wildlife activists managed to capture a full grown leopard that strayed into Ballarpur town, about 160 km from Nagpur, on Monday morning. The leopard injured three people, including honourary wildlife warden Bandu Dhotre, as it jumped over the roof and sprinted through narrow lanes of the densely populated Santoshi Mata ward.
Wildlife warden Dhotre, who took initiative in the rescue operation, claimed that the leopard may have strayed into the town while following the cattle returning after grazing in Karwa forest adjacent to Ballarpur town. The beast first clawed Samiksha Thengre during early hours in the lane. It then jumped over the high compound wall to intrude into the cattle-shed owned by Suresh Pal and took shelter into the fodder compartment of the shed.
On getting information, forest officials and rapid response unit (RRU) of forest department rushed to the scene. Dhotre and Wildlife Protection Force, a rescue wing of NGO Eco-Pro, too reached the spot. Thousands of onlookers crowded the lanes and the roofs in the area. Two riot control units of police were deployed on the scene to control the overwhelming mob.
"Rescue workers covered the cattle shed with the protection net to close escape routes for leopard. Then I entered the shed and released all the cattle tethered inside. Meanwhile, the beast sat calmly in fodder compartment, a covered section in the cattle shed," Dhotre said.
Dhotre, Digamber Balki, tranquilizing expert, and another forester then climbed the roof of the cattle-shed and peeped inside by removing roof tiles to locate the leopard. The, beast, however, turned aggressive when he saw rescue workers peeping through the roof.
"We were sitting on the roof peeping inside while the agitated leopard kept pouncing on us. We were quite confident that the leopard will not be able to leap vertically at a 10 feet high roof. However, the beast shocked us as he pounced with great ferocity and made way through the roof tiles to charge on shooter Balki and me," Dhotre exhorted, recapturing the horrifying encounter with the feline.
The leopard clawed Dhotre on his hip as he staggered away from the charging beast on the roof. The big cat then charged at the onlookers and forest department staffers standing on the roof of adjacent building. A forester welded his stick at the beast, forcing it to turn away. The leopard, while trying to escape, injured a policeman as it aggressively dashed through the lanes. The beast, then took shelter in a small water tank in a bathroom.
"We cornered the beast by blocking the entrance of the bathroom. Rescue workers then bored a hole in the bathroom's roof and Balki shot a tranquilizing dart at the leopard. He missed a shot, but next two darts hit the target. The sedated beast was later captured and shifted to Rambugh forest nursery in Chandrapur," said Dhotre, who actively participated in the rescue operation despite heavy bleeding from his hip injury.
The veterinary doctor found no visible injuries on body of the leopard during routine physical examination. Forest officials here are likely to release the beast back into the forest after getting a nod from the top bosses.
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india today
Leopard causes panic in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district
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The residents of Santoshi Mata ward in Ballarpur city of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra woke up on Monday morning amid commotion and panic. A full-grown leopard had entered a cowshed and taken shelter in a kuchcha house built therein.  Leopard attacks wildlife rescuers in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district. The shed houses hundreds of cows, calves and buffalos. The vast jungles that surround the area are part of the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve. The animal would have strayed into neighbouring settlement in the hope of an easy kill. It was six in the morning when young wildlife activist Bandu Dhotre, who is a local hero after several such rescue operations, was informed of this. He made it to the site with his team in time. In a short while, a team of forest department was also there to help Dhotre. Another team of police force was also deployed to manage the growing crowd. More than 6,000 locals had gathered on rooftops, trees, lanes and where not by then. Having rescued more than 50 wild animals so far, Dhotre is no novice. But he was worried about the consequences if the leopard got out of the enclosure and ran towards the crowd of onlookers.  Dhotre has carried many rescue operations in the past. He has long maintained that rescuing animals amid cheering crowds is dangerous and has urged wildlife experts to find out ways of keeping the onlookers away. "Every time a wild animal strays into human settlement, curious onlookers risk their lives to get close to the animal. Today's was not a one-off incident. This happened in Meerut a couple of months ago. It happens everywhere. But I urge forest department and wildlife experts to formulate proper policy for rescue operations like these. So that crowds do not put us and themselves in danger," Dhotre told IndiaToday.in over phone. But that debate is for another day. |
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| With the assistance of forest department personnel, he had the entire kuchcha house covered with a net before he clambered onto its tiled roof.Before this, he had secured a few cows and calves left inside the enclosure. The next step was to remove earthen tiles from the roof to make room for shooting the tranquiliser dart. As he busied himself doing that, something that defied Dhotre's imagination as well as knowledge occurred. The animal jumped from the floor of the house 14 feet down and burst through the tiles unsettling him and others. The infuriated leopard attacked Dhotre, bit on his waist and dashed into a nearby lane as police struggled to control the panicky crowd running helter-skelter. |
"I had never thought a leopard could make a straight jump this high. When it came onto the roof, it targeted me and even though I ran to safety, the animal was perhaps faster," Dhotre said.
After attacking him, the animal dashed into an open bathroom and took shelter into a water tank therein.
The same procedure was followed.
It was covered with a net, an injured Dhotre and his team climbed onto the roof and tranquilised the animal, this time successfully.
The forest department team shifted the animal to a cage.
It will be released into the forest on Monday night itself.
Dhotre was later taken to a hospital where he received the necessary treatment.
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Leopard creates panic in Maharashtra village,
bites a man’s butt
The residents of Santoshi Mata ward in Ballarpur city of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra woke up on Monday morning in the middle of noisy disturbance and fear.
When a man was peeing from the broken roof, a leopard sprang out of that portion from the broken roof that was a shocking attack from the beast. The man was jolted back and he was fallen capsized while escaping the attack. But he did not manage to escape from the biting of his butt.
It attacked the shed (houses of hundreds of cows, calves and buffalos). According to the people, it might have come from the vast forest, which surround the area are part of the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve. The animal was roaming around the place for a prey.
Around 6 am, young wildlife activist Bandu Dhotre, who is a local hero after many such rescue missions, was informed of this. He made it to the spot with his team in time.
After few minutes, a team of forest department was also rushed at the spot to help Dhotre. In the meantime, another team of police force was also rushed at the place to manage the huge crowd. More than 6,000 villagers had gathered on rooftops, trees, lanes and where not by then so that the animal couldn’t reach them.
“Every time a wild animal strays into human settlement, curious onlookers risk their lives to get close to the animal. Today’s was not a one-off incident. This happened in Meerut a couple of months ago. It happens everywhere. But I urge forest department and wildlife experts to formulate proper policy for rescue operations like these. So that crowds do not put us and themselves in danger,” Dhotre said.
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आंतरराष्ट्रीय वृत्तपत्रे
dailymail Wild leopard spreads panic in Maharashtra village as it leaps out of a ROOF and attacks everyone in its path A leopard strayed into a village in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district early on Monday, causing panic among residents and triggering a four-hour rescue operation from wildlife officials.
Members of the rescue team had a narrow escape after the wild cat breached the tiled roof of a house in Ballarpur village where it was hiding. Footage of the incident showed the leopard breaking free from the roof and attacking everyone in its way. Breaking free: Footage shows the wildcat breaking through a tile roof and pouncing on bystanders in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district
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ballarpur is not far from the Tadoba tiger reserve. In the summer season, the man-animal conflict reaches its peak as wild cats often stray into human habitats in search of prey.
"The leopard was trapped inside a stable and we had secured all exits. We reached the roof and removed tiles to get a view of it to shoot the tranquiliser.
"All of a sudden the leopard took the help of a pillar and leapt over 8 feet into the air. It breached the roof and attacked me," said 33-year-old Bandu Dhotre, an animal rescue expert from Chandrapur.
However, other stick-wielding members chased the leopard into an empty bathroom.
The asbestos roof of the bathroom was breached and the tranquiliser duly shot, leading to the animal's capture. Dhotre said he had conducted over 50 operations to rescue wild creatures, but this was the first time that he had been attacked. According to Deputy Conservator of Forests (Chandrapur) Gajendra Hirey, the leopard had ventured into the Santoshi Mata ward in Ballarpur early in the morning.
It first attacked a woman, identified as Samiksha Dhengare, and then hid into the house of Ramkrishna Pal. Forest officials were informed about it at 4am. The rescue team, Hirey said, had also roped in the riot control police to cordon off the area as curious bystanders posed a risk to themselves. The leopard, which is a male aged about 24 to 30 months, will be released into the wild soon, he added.
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ibtimes
India: Leopard Attacks Man as it Runs Through Village Shanty Houses in Escape Bid
A wild leopard that went hiding inside a shed in a western Indian village attacked a man in a bid to escape. A video footage of the incident that has gone viral on the web shows the fierce animal coming out of the shed's roof as a wildlife activist, Bandu Dhotre, tries to remove the tiles from the roof to make room for shooting tranquiliser dart. The leopard first attacked Dhotre putting its claws on to his back and then jumped from the rooftop and ran through the village houses.
"I had never thought a leopard could make a straight jump this high. When it came onto the roof, it targeted me and even though I ran to safety, the animal was perhaps faster," Dhotre, the man who has rescued over 50 wild animals trapped in human settlements, told the India Today. Dhotre and his team along with forest department personnel finally managed to tranquilise the leopard, which had taken shelter in an empty water tank inside an open bathroom in the village.
The incident took place in a village in the Chandrapur district of the western Indian state of Maharashtra. Such occurrences of man and animal conflict are common in the region, which is in proximity with the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve. However, what worries the authorities is the safety of locals during such conflicts as thousands of people gather to witness such incidents risking their own lives. According to officials, a wild animal gets more infuriated amid cheering crowds. "Every time a wild animal strays into human settlement, curious onlookers risk their lives to get close to the animal. Today's was not a one-off incident. It happens everywhere," Dhotre said.
A farmer in Maharashtra was also attacked by a leopard recently. He escaped with injuries on his head. In another recent leopard attack, an eight-year-old girl was killed while she was asleep at her house on the outskirts of Katarniaghat sanctuary in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Her body, dragged by the animal, was found in the forest.
Click here to view the video of the leopard attack in Chandrapur district.
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Chandrapur: Leopard on the loose leaps through roof22 April 2014
A leopard caused panic in the city of Chandrapur, in Maharashtra, on Monday when it sprung from the roof of a house and charged at rescue workers.
Officials given the job of trying to capture the animal scattered after it burst from the roof, but one man unable to outrun the big cat felt its teeth sink into his backside.
The leopard sought refuge in the bathroom of a home, before being captured after a four hour stand-off.
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Leopard strays into a town in Chandrapur; caught by foresters
In the latest incident of the animal-human conflict, a leopard entered Ballarpur town in Chandrapur district of Vidarbha this morning and left three persons injured during its rescue operation.
Three persons, including the honorary wildlife warden Bandu Dhotre, were injured when the big cat, that had strayed into Santoshi Mata Ward locality in Ballarpur town, some 15 kms from here, was being rescued this morning.
Video footage of the dramatic incident showed the leopard breaking free from the roof and pouncing on the bystanders, some of them armed with sticks.
Forest department officials later managed to rein in the animal with the help of tranquilisers, after it entered a toilet of a house. The feline was later shifted to Rambaugh Nursery here for further treatment, officials said. Besides Dhotre, a 26-year-old woman and a policemen were also injured in the wild animal's attack.
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बल्लारपुर (सं). संतोषी माता वार्ड में सोमवार को तड़के करीब 4 बजे तेंदुआ ƒाुस गया. उसे पकडऩे के लिए करीब 4-5 ƒांटे चले हंगामे के बीच उसने महिला सहित 2 लोगों को ƒाायल किया. कड़ी मशक्कत के बाद वनविभाग के अŠिाकारी उसे बेहोश कर पाए. इसके बाद उसे पिंजरे में कैद कर ले जाया गया. कुžाा समझ मारा पˆथर सोमवार को तड़के सुरेश कैथवास के ƒार में एक नर तेंदुआ ƒाुस गया. इस दौरान कैथवास को अंधेरे में लगा कि कुžाा ƒाुस आया है. उसने पˆथर उठाकर मारा तो वह भागा लेकिन जैसे ही उसे पता चला कि ƒार में तेंदुआ ƒाुस आया है तो उसके हाथ-पैर सु‹न पड़ गए. वहां से भागा तेंदुआ पड़ोस के निर्मा‡ााŠाीन मकान में ƒाुस गया और वहां समीक्षा अमर ठेंगरे (२७) पर हमला कर उसे ƒाायल कर दिया. समीक्षा को ग्रामी‡ा अस्पताल में भर्ती कराया गया. इसके वह सुरेश पाल की गौशाला में दुबककर बैठ गया. वन कर्मियों ने बरती ढिलाई प्रˆयक्षदर्शियों का आरोप है कि मौके पर पहुंची वन विभाग की टीम के कर्मचारी और अŠिाकारी आपरेशन को काफी Šाीमी गति से चला रहे थे. लोगों ने आरोप लगाया कि वन विभाग के आपरेशन को देखकर लग रहा था कि जैसे यह लोग किसी रिहायशी बस्ती की बजाय चिडिय़ाƒार के तेंदुए को पकडऩे का प्रयास कर रहे हो. डीसीएफ हिरे ने बताया कि फिलहाल तेंदुए को ताड़ोबा अंŠाारी बाƒा प्रकल्प के पशु चिकिˆसक खोब्रागड़े की देखरेख में रखा गया है. सोमवार को 2 बार डा. खोब्रागड़े ने तेंदुए की जांच की. भीड़ को हटाने दंगा नियं˜ा‡ा दल बुलाया रिहायशी बस्ती में तेंदुआ ƒाुसा होने की जानकारी शहर में फैलते ही उसे देखने वालों की भीड़ उमड़ पड़ी. अनियं˜िात भीड़ के कार‡ा वन अŠिाकारियों को काम में बाŠााएं आ रही थीं. अंतत: पुलिस और दंगा नियं˜ा‡ा दल को बुलाया गया. पुलिस और दंगा नियं˜ा‡ा दल आने के बाद भी 2 मार्गों पर लोगों का हुजुम जमा था. पुलिस वाले बार-बार चेतावनी देकर लोगों को हटाने का प्रयास कर रहे थे लेकिन जैसे-जैसे समय बीत रहा था लोगों की संख्या बढ़ती जा रही थी. 5 ƒांटे चली जद्दोजहद सुबह होते-होते यह खबर बल्लापुर और चंद्रपुर वन विभाग पुलिस तक पहुंची. वहीं तेंदुए को देखने के लिए लोगों की भीड़ भी जमा हो गई. मŠय चांदा के डीसीएफ गजेंद्र हीरे एसीएफ आर.एस. Šाोतरे बल्लारपुर के मोरे इको प्रो के बंडू Šाोतरे शार्पशूटर बल्की पिंजरा के साथ पहुंचे. वन विभाग के अŠिाकारी और इको प्रो ने तेंदुए को बेहोश कर कैद करने का प्रयास शुरू किया. बंडू Šाोतरे ने गौशाला के ऊपर चढ़कर कवेलू हटाकर शूटर को स्थिति बताई लेकिन शूटर का निशाना चूक गया. इस बीच यहां से भी तेंदुआ बाहर निकल आया. तेंदुए को बाहर देखकर लोगों में भगदड़ मच गई. शूटर भी छत पर दुबक गया और बंडू पर तेंदुए ने हमला कर दिया. भागदौड़ और हो ह„ा में तेंदुए ने बंडू Šाोतरे की कमर के निचले हिस्से पर पंजा मारा जिससे वह ƒाायल हो गया. इसके बाद तेंदुआ पड़ोस में छ˜ापाल कैथवास के बाथरूम में ƒाुस गया. बाथरूम में बैठे तेंदुए पर शूटर ने निशाना साŠाकर इंजे€शन दागा जो सही लगा. किंतु बाथरूम में बैठा तेंदुआ पानी पी लेता जिससे इंजे€शन का असर नहीं हो रहा था. इस वजह से शूटर को और फायर करने पड़े और अंत में वह बेहोश हो गया. इसके बाद उसे पिंजरे में डालकर चंद्रपुर के रामबाग नर्सरी में ले जाया गया. करीब 5 ƒांटे बाद तेंदुआ वन विभाग के कŽजे में आया. महिला ƒाायल आरमोरी (सं). तहसील के टेंभाचक में महुआ फूल चुनने गई महिला पर जंगली सुअर ने हमला कर दिया. इसमें वह ƒाायल हो गई. यह ƒाटना रविवार की सुबह हुई. ƒाायल महिला का नाम वड़Šाा निवासी विठाबाई नाना ठाकुर (65) है. उसे वड़Šाा के प्राथमिक स्वास्‰य केंद्र में भर्ती कराया गया.
