The body of the leopard was found late at night on Thursday. The age of the big cat is said to be around 5 years. On getting the information about the matter, the officials of the forest department rushed to the spot and started an investigation into the matter.
A villager named Bharat Panwar who spotted the leopard at around 4 PM claimed that the same big cat has been roaming continuously in the village for the past couple of days.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) detained four persons in the national capital and recovered 2 leopard skins from their custody, officials said on Thursday.
The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch on Thursday seized three leopard skins during a raid in Odisha's Rayagada district and one person was apprehended in this regard, said the police.
The Wildlife Protection Department said that camera traps installed before snowfall in the National Park have been retrieved and multiple images of snow leopards
The official said that the last census was conducted in 2016 in which the total number of leopards was found to be 43 and is now expected to have increased after nearly eight years.
In the mega international event held at Mysuru, Karnataka, to commemorate 50 years of Project Tiger, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) for the conservation of seven big cats namely Tiger, Lion, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Cheetah, Jaguar and Puma harb
A male leopard allegedly died after being hit by a speeding vehicle near Sukhmani College on the Chandigarh-Ambala National Highway, officials said on Saturday.