SGNP leopard killed by poachers?
India: In a serious development that has forest department officials very worried, there are indications that the motive behind the killing of a five-year-old leopard, whose body was found late Saturday night on the Shilonda trail in Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), could have been poaching.
Vikas Gupta, chief conservator of forests, SGNP, said the preliminary post-mortem conducted by Mumbai Veterinary College doctors showed six injuries on the leopard's right flank. "Its liver was punctured and it showed internal haemorrhage (bleeding)," said Gupta.
The conservator said the doctors had recommended histopathological investigations. Besides, tissues selected by them had been sent to Forensic Laboratory at Kalina, Santacruz. The injuries were around four to five days old.
