Indore (Madhya Pradesh): New Forest Department regulations mandating authorisation before wildlife rescue operations have caused immediate operational problems, with a leopard capture incident underscoring the severe risks introduced by delays.

The directive, requiring teams to obtain formal consent from officers prior to deployment, has caused operational difficulty for field personnel.

The recent rescue of a leopard, a Schedule-1 animal, highlighted the urgency often required in such incidents. The animal was initially sighted days before it was confirmed inside the 400kV substation of the Madhya Pradesh Power Transmission Company here.

Contracted security guards Krishna Baghela and Suraj Mohaniya, along with maintenance team member Shriram Abhilash, discovered the animal.

The swift

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