Jammu: A leopard was rescued on Tuesday by a team of wildlife officials after it was locked by villagers in a cowshed for nearly 20 hours in a remote forest village in Kathua district, officials said.
The leopard had ventured into hilltop Barmote village in Bani Tehsil on Monday around 9.15 pm and attacked a goat before entering the nearby cowshed with its prey, officials said.
They said some villagers gathered courage and locked the cowshed before informing the local police.
A police team reached the village Tuesday morning and guarded the cowshed throughout the day before a team from the Wildlife Protection department finally tranquilised the beast around 5 pm, they said.
The leopard is being shifted to Jammu.
