Dead leopard exposes illegal wild boar catch

16 May 2017 08:39 PM

A five year old male leopard was  accidentally snared and died of suffocation at Latambarcem in Bicholim taluka.



The trap was laid to catch wild boars. The incident occurred on Tuesday morning. Some villagers spotted the trapped leopard near sateri temple.


This has exposed how people are still illegally poaching the wild boars.


One finds many snares in the area. There is also hill cutting activity going on.


This has forced the wild animals to enter human habitats. A Latambarcem panch member Babasaib Rane has described how the leopard was trapped and killed.

Reporter: Mahesh Govekar



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