According to the release, the Samardha Forest range management received the information about the accident from the Railway Control Room at around 8 am on Thursday.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha on Saturday flagged off walkathon 'Walk for Wildlife' as part of wildlife week and reaffirmed the administration's commitment to the cause of wildlife conservation, protection of the unique and rich ecological heritage
The officials further informed that the leopard was captured at the same place where, Lakshitha, a minor girl was killed in an attack by the wild beast last month.
Forest officials caught another leopard on Wednesday morning in Andhra Pradesh's Tirumala near the Narasimha Swamy temple taking the count to six, said officials.
Bhutan has hit a milestone in snow leopard conversation with a nearly 40 per cent increase in the animal’s population in the country, The Bhutan Live reported.
The Wildlife Warden of Jammu and Kashmir has issued a shot-at-sight order for a leopard who is responsible for killing a four Year old Girl in Udhampur district.
Forest officials managed to trap and capture yet another leopard, taking the count to five, near the seventh mile of the Narasimhaswamy Temple in Andhra Pradesh in the early hours of Thursday.
After getting information, the Jammu and Kashmir Police along with senior officers of the Jammu and Kashmir Wildlife Department rushed to the spot. Meanwhile, the search is on to capture the leopard, the Range Officer said.
The leopard with whom villagers were spotted playing and taking selfies with in Dewas district of the state recently is critically ill and undergoing treatment at the Indore Zoo, an official said.