SURAT: A four-year-old male leopard was discovered lifeless near Juna Umarpada village of Umarpada taluka in Surat district all over early hours on Thursday. This is the third leopard to be discovered lifeless in the district in a suspicious condition in the past one month and the second in every week in Mangrol, the constituency of atmosphere minister Ganpat Vasava.
Preliminary investigation via woodland officers revealed that the cat could have died from a fracture in the skull. Forest division registered a primary offense file (FOR) underneath the Wildlife Protection Act and started an investigation. The carcass was despatched for submit mortem and viscera samples were despatched for FSL checks.
The leopard could have been a sufferer of a man-animal battle. On Wednesday evening a leopard attacked and injured 3 persons running in a farm in Juna Umarpada village. Of them, Narsingh Vasava, 49, and Nitesh Vasava were shifted to a sanatorium for remedy. Villagers accumulated at the spot when the victims shouted for assist and rescued the two persons via attacking the leopard with farm gear and sticks. “The victims suffered minor injuries. The woodland officers started checking in the area to identify the leopard after the incident and found the carcass in the wee hours on Thursday. It is suspected that the leopard died from the wounds inflicted via the villagers,” mentioned Puneet Nayyar, deputy conservator of woodland, Surat. “Forest division will get started a campaign to create awareness in villagers to prevent such conflicts,” he added.
Earlier, a two-and-half-year-old leopard was killed on March four via villagers when it tried to assault a snoozing child in the morning in Dhamdod village of Magrol taluka in Surat district. The child’s uncle, Dinesh Vasava noticed the large cat in his home and attacked it to save lots of the child. After he shouted for assist, villager reached the spot and thrashed the leopard to demise with sticks and farming gear.
Again, on February 6, some other one-and-half-year-old feminine leopard was discovered lifeless near Kankariya village of Mahuva taluka in Surat district in a suspicious condition.
Preliminary investigation via woodland officers revealed that the cat could have died from a fracture in the skull. Forest division registered a primary offense file (FOR) underneath the Wildlife Protection Act and started an investigation. The carcass was despatched for submit mortem and viscera samples were despatched for FSL checks.
The leopard could have been a sufferer of a man-animal battle. On Wednesday evening a leopard attacked and injured 3 persons running in a farm in Juna Umarpada village. Of them, Narsingh Vasava, 49, and Nitesh Vasava were shifted to a sanatorium for remedy. Villagers accumulated at the spot when the victims shouted for assist and rescued the two persons via attacking the leopard with farm gear and sticks. “The victims suffered minor injuries. The woodland officers started checking in the area to identify the leopard after the incident and found the carcass in the wee hours on Thursday. It is suspected that the leopard died from the wounds inflicted via the villagers,” mentioned Puneet Nayyar, deputy conservator of woodland, Surat. “Forest division will get started a campaign to create awareness in villagers to prevent such conflicts,” he added.
Earlier, a two-and-half-year-old leopard was killed on March four via villagers when it tried to assault a snoozing child in the morning in Dhamdod village of Magrol taluka in Surat district. The child’s uncle, Dinesh Vasava noticed the large cat in his home and attacked it to save lots of the child. After he shouted for assist, villager reached the spot and thrashed the leopard to demise with sticks and farming gear.
Again, on February 6, some other one-and-half-year-old feminine leopard was discovered lifeless near Kankariya village of Mahuva taluka in Surat district in a suspicious condition.
Four-year-old leopard found dead in Umarpada taluka
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