Leopard Jumps Over 10-Ft-Long Wall To Hunt Hen In Coimbatore Residential Area; Sparks Panic Among Locals
A shocking video sourced from forest department shows a leopard was caught on camera hunting a hen in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore. The leopard was spotted in a residential area in Coimbatore. There are reports that the incident of the leopard being spotted in the area has prompted the forest department to increase surveillance in the area. The leopard attacked the hen in the residential area on Thursday morning.
There are reports that the incident occurred in the early hours at around 5 AM on Wednesday (May 29) in Somayanur village in Coimbatore. The area has been identified as a human-animal conflict zone. it can be seen that the hen is sitting on the wall of a house which is about ten feet tall. The incident has created an atmosphere of fear in the locality. The locals have panicked after the CCTV footage of the incident has come to the fore. The locals claim that the leopard must have attacked the hen as it would have heard the bird clucking. Usually, hens cluck in the early hours of the morning, which would have attracted the hungry animal towards it after which the leopard attacked the hen and took it away.