The viral leopard spotted in SEEPZ, Andheri East, this month, was finally trapped in a cage in the wee hours of Thursday and released into its natural habitat of Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) within three hours. In a previous instance, this leopard was rescued in Marol and released in the national park in April this year.

Trapping the cunning cat was not an easy job. A group of volunteers and wildlife researchers had been tracking the elusive cat's every movement through camera traps. It was only after they got clues about the paths used by it frequently that they were able to set up a cage to trap it.