Two panthers, a mother and a calf, were sighted by a villager near Amman Koil Pathy village, near Pochampalli, on Monday morning. However, the crowd, which gathered near the spot could not get a glimpse of the wild cats as they reportedly went inside a sugarcane field.
A.K. Ulaganathan, District Forest Officer, told The Hindu that he along with a team of officials and employees rushed to the spot immediately on receiving information. Forest officials and Fire and Rescue Service and police personnel are camping in the area. They could identify the pug marks of a mother and calf panther in a small canal that irrigates water to the sugarcane field. To trap the animal, a cage with meat has been kept ready in the middle of the sugarcane field by the Forest Department.
Meanwhile, the department plans to write a letter to the Collector, V. Arun Roy, urging him to restrict unmindful dumping of chicken waste on the Hosur - Denkanikottai Road as it will attract panthers and wild dogs from nearby reserve forests.
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