Forest officers have stepped up efforts to catch a leopard that has successfully eluded them for over three weeks in Belagavi now.
The Forest Department has decided to follow some of the standard operating procedures prescribed by the national tiger conservation authority. The steps include preventing crowding in the golf course and to withdraw additional personnel from the site.
This was decided after two meetings in which officers, including Chief Conservator of Forests Manjunath Chauhan, Deputy Conservator of Forests Anthony M. and Assistant Conservator of Forests M. Kusnal, participated.