India, Dec. 5 -- Three leopards have been captured in the last 24 hours by forest officials in Shirur tehsil. Of the three: one was captured from the Ranjangaon Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) area; another from Rawdewadi; and the third from Pimparkhed village, where a human death was reported recently. In a separate incident, a leopard that had fallen into a well in Fakate village was rescued. All four animals have been shifted to the Manikdoh Leopard Rescue Centre (MLRC) in Junnar.

Officials said that at least 30 leopards have been captured from the Shirur forest range over the past one month and shifted to the MLRC.

Nilkanth Gavhane, range forest officer, Shirur, said, "On Tuesday, we received information from L...