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Madhya Pradesh: Nayapura rescued leopard 'Inder' now roars and lives on, after being mercilessly shot with 30 pellets! No vision, but hope to rule

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Say hello to ‘Inder’ the rescued leopard, who jumps and rules with pride now with 30 pellets in head and no vision! This is a rare inspirational story of the rescued leopard shot with 30 pellets in its head in village Nayapura Indore!

Inder with its will to fight has not only survived but is doing well in Bhopal now.

On July 10, 2020, the leopard was found in the injured severely in the Nayapura range.

The leopard had made headlines, as it was mercilessly shot 30 times with a pellet gun in village Nayapura, Indore division.

The adult leopard was found injured and bleeding from its mouth in Nayapura village near Kampel.

Inder was estimated to be an adult male of about 7 years old when rescued.

Leopards generally live for 14 to 15 years, so the leopard is still in the prime of his life.

After vision loss was reported in city zoo Indore, Inder had finally underwent CT scan after delay of 2 months and 12 days. Leopard was taken to Van Vihar, Bhopal for the scan.

The leopard became the first in country to undergo a CT scan. Eventually as the leopard’s condition did not improve and there was no place and provision to keep him in Indore, it was moved to Bhopal where it got a name, i.e. ‘Inder’.

Here is the story of how this rescued leopard has now become a ruler and is ready to take charge of its life again!

Diagnosed with Depression

“When Inder came to Van Vihar, it was a complicated situation as we could see there were many issues, but how to save him was not as easy,” Kamalika Mohanta, then director of Van Vihar, said. She called a meeting with other forest officials where it was diagnosed by veterinarian Dr Atul Gupta that the leopard was in severe depression.

Step 1: Light the fire of wilderness

“To treat depression is never an easy task for human either, but in animals it is tougher as they don’t eat or react,” Ashok Kumar Jain, assistant director of Van Vihar, said.

He decided to take a new innovative route and tried to light the fire of wilderness by teasing and irritating Inder. Forest official especially leopard caretaker Dharmand Gede would talk to him and play music for him for 14 days.

Step 2: Moving out/on…

“We could see him roaring and growling, so step 1 was successful and so we decided to work on his senses by first transferring him to the leopard house near a young leopard,” Jain said. Then, they would give him food in different parts of the crawl, then enclosure so that he got accustomed to the entire territory.

Step 4: Taking charge, finding pride!

Now, the leopard rules the enclosure and even jumps over 4 feet high with confidence to enjoy the feel of heights. Gede is the true saviour and a mother to the leopard. Inder follows Gede’s voice and instructions promptly.



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