Hyderabad: A leopard was reported useless on Saturday from the Peddaelkicherla forest in Jilledu Chourdariguda mandal in Rangareddy district, taking the massive cat toll within the state for the reason that introduction of 2024 to 4.
The leopard’s loss of life follows the suspicious loss of life of one other leopard in Narayanpet district on January 13. Previously, two tigers have been found useless in Komaram Bheem Asifabad district within the first week of January, considered one of whom died of poisoning.
The latest leopard loss of life comes amid efforts by forest division workers in Narayanpet and Wanaparthy districts to catch two different leopards, which, the division stated, have been liable for a collection of cattle kills. In each circumstances, the forest division stated the choice to catch them and launch them elsewhere within the state was taken to scale back the specter of human-animal battle.
As and when captured, these two leopards are to be launched in Amrabad Tiger Reserve in Nagarkurnool district, the forest division stated.
The latest leopard loss of life was reported to the police by native shepherds, who observed the carcass within the forest. They stated it was not unusual to seek out leopards within the 650-acre Peddaelkircherla forest.
Rangareddy district forest officer D. Sudhakar Reddy stated that based mostly on an preliminary examination of the carcass, the male leopard, aged round 4 years, might have died of pure causes and that the animal might have been useless for 3 to 4 days.
However, the precise explanation for loss of life could be established solely after receiving the autopsy examination report, and forensic take a look at outcomes of samples taken from the carcass, he stated.
The explanation for loss of life of the leopard present in Narayanpet was discovered to be the presence of streptococci micro organism in its intestine. However, officers of the forest division failed to substantiate the precise explanation for loss of life.
Big cat deaths since Jan 1 in Telangana
January 7 – Sub-adult tigress discovered useless in KB Asifabad district.
January 8 – Large male tiger, the daddy of the sub-adult tigress, discovered useless close by.
January 13 – Adult male leopard discovered useless in Narayanpet district. Cause of loss of life nonetheless a thriller.
February 3 – Male leopard, aged round 4 years, found useless in Rangareddy district.
