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A leopard was caught connected the surveillance cameras of an concern unit on the outskirts of Coimbatore city, creating panic among residents.
According to the Forest Department, a leopard entered the compound of a cogwheel manufacturing institution astatine Kannampalayam connected Tiruchi Road on the nighttime of November 12. The institution is located connected the slope of stream Noyyal, much than 20 km distant from the nearest wood bound of Madukkarai wood range.
A leopard was caught connected surveillance cameras of an concern portion astatine Kannampalayam connected Tiruchi Road successful #Coimbatore, implicit 40 km disconnected the nearest wood boundary, connected November 12. The leopard is believed to person strayed into the metropolis done the people of stream #Noyyal. @THChennaipic.twitter.com/VjCORHEhwQ
— Wilson Thomas (@wilson__thomas) November 20, 2025Surveillance camera visuals showed the stranded leopard walking into the concern unit’s compound. A information defender was seen inspecting the compound and the leopard running distant from his sight.
After being alerted astir the incident, a Forest Department squad from Coimbatore scope visited the concern portion and the locality on Thursday, November 20. They examined surveillance camera visuals of the past respective days and the leopard was seen lone successful the videos of November 12.
“We person instructed the institution to alert the Department if the leopard is sighted again. We fishy that the carnivore could person strayed into the municipality locality by pursuing the people of stream Noyyal,” said V. Thirumurugan, Forest Range Officer, Coimbatore.
District Forest Officer N. Jayaraj said the Department presumes that the leopard could person returned to wood arsenic nary sighting of the carnivore oregon incidents of it attacking pet animals were reported after November 12.
“We fishy that the leopard could person travel on the people of Noyyal from the limits of the Boluvampatti wood range” helium said.
The distance betwixt the concern portion and Boluvampatti wood scope done the people of Noyya is implicit 40 km.
Mr. Thirumurugan said chaotic boars and cervid that unrecorded successful the thickets on the people of Noyyal could person attracted the leopard to the municipality locality. Presence of Prosopis juliflora (Seemai Karuvelam) and bushes connection them a cleanable hideout to unrecorded successful municipality areas. He added that the Department has requested the councillor of the locality to region vegetations.
