Forest Department has deputed a team of eight officers, experts and two elephants to join the search for a leopard that was seen near the golf course in Belagavi on August 22.
The trained elephants from Sakre Bail camp and their handlers arrived in Belagavi on August 23. They were taken for a morning walk in the grass lands along the boundary of the golf course on August 24.
V. Vinay, a dart shooter, has also arrived along with the team. He has been authorised to shoot-at-sight and tranquilise the leopard.
