surat leopards may be the most agile among all the wild cats in climbing up trees often dragging their prey up there and relishing itbut villagers in delad 20 km from the city are amused with a leopard that has parked itself on a tree sans any killing on a closer look they noticed that it was keeping an eye on the surroundings to ensure that its cubs in a nearby sugar cane field were safe from predators soon excited villagers started clicking photos and recording videos from a distance which have now gone viral on social media delad is quite close to the urban areasfemale leopards in south gujarat have been breeding in sugar cane farms for the past many yearsi was out for an evening walk with a friend when i noticed the leopard initially i thought it was something else but a close look confirmed that it was a leopard said ashwin solanki a farmerdarshan parmar in whose sugar cane farm the leopard rests on the tree said we were surprised to see the leopard for the first time i saw a leopard on a tree and that too in my farmvillagers alerted volunteers working for wildlife conservation and forest officials about the leopards movement it is unusual to see a leopard on a tree in this area we were told by villagers that there are cubs and a few other leopards in the area said jatin rathod a volunteer of friends of animal a forest department official said i visited the spot after being informed by the villagers the leopard has not come in conflict with any human and no complaint has been received for rescue we are keeping an eye on its movements