UDHAGAMANDAALM: A female leopard cub was found dead in the Kundha forest range on Thursday.
The carcass was found in a private tea garden near Manjakambai village.
It bore external injury marks, assistant conservator of forest Saravanakumar said.
“An infight might have caused the death of the cub, which was around nine months old,” the official said.
Post-mortem was conducted by two government veterinarians in the presence of a representative of an NGO and forest officials.
“Samples of the vital parts of the animal were collected for forensic tests,” said the official.
Leopard cub found dead in Manjakambai
