Kerala: Leopard on prowl trapped in hen cage, dies

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 29: A Leopard which broke open a hen cage at a house in Palakkad in the course of the early hours of Sunday was discovered useless within the morning.

The leopard was trapped within the hen cage of Philip in Mannarkkad.

Philip, whereas talking to IANS mentioned “I woke up hearing the cries of the chicken and found the leopard. I immediately informed the police and the forest department authorities and forest officers told me that they would tranquilise the leopard and shift it. But the leopard died in the mean time.”

The leopard’s proper hand acquired caught within the iron mesh of the Chicken cage and it was discovered hanging with the trapped hand. The physique of the leopard was taken out by reducing the iron mesh and it was discovered that the hand that was trapped within the internet was severely injured. The leopard suffered accidents on its lips additionally and forest officers presume that it will have injured the lips by hitting on the iron mesh of the hen cage.

A postmortem will likely be carried out on the leopard to seek out out the rationale for the loss of life. However, a veterinarian whereas talking to IANS mentioned that the leopard would have died as a result of a coronary heart assault after it acquired trapped within the hen cage for an extended period.

Just a few days again, native folks had seen a leopard and cubs close to the realm adjoining the forest in Mannarkkad and it’s suspected that the deceased leopard and the one discovered could be the identical. The postmortem report will present extra particulars concerning the leopard together with its age.

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