Coimbatore, March 11 -- Forest officials on Tuesday said that they have successfully captured a leopard which had attacked four goats at the Chinnaswamy Gounder Estate in Onapalayam area of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, a day ago.

According to an official release from the Forest Department, Coimbatore, the incident occurred early in the morning, when the leopard entered the estate on Siruvani Road and took away the goats.

Upon investigation, forest officials found footprints, and following orders from the Chief Forest Conservator, the Field Director of Anamalai Tiger Reserve, and the District Forest Officer, a trap was set up at the site and monitored with an automatic camera.

The leopard was located in a newly built house in the Poochiyar...