Leopard electrocuted at top of 12-foot pole

NIZAMABAD (TELANGANA): Residents of a village in Telangana saw a leopard electrocute itself off a 12 feet high pole. Officials said the wild cat had climbed the pole at its own will and got electrocuted when it tried to bite the wires. Forest officials said the animal was about four years old, and had possibly come to a water hole nearby. Nizamabad divisional forest officer VSLV Prasad said the leopard must have “ventured out of the forest which is only a short distance away, in search of prey like cattle.”