Jaipur: In a big blow to wildlife, three leopards allegedly killed by hunters near the alwar forest area side by side with Sariska Tiger Reserve.
While the forestry department restored the body of two large cats, the villagers claimed there were three leopards.
A village youth near the Jir area in the Alwar district saw a leopard in the bush.
He immediately took a photo and sent it to forest officials, but the Ministry of Forestry team could not find a carcass.
Finally, on Wednesday, the villagers found the leopardized carcass.
After this, on Thursday Sariska’s team and the Alwar Forest Division reached the place.
The leopard recovered around one and a half years old.
A villagers who want to be named said, “The animals were thought to have died because of poisoning due to half-eaten livestock carcasses were also found nearby.
Rise up one other leopard missing and there are three leopards.” Many hunters claimed to hide the carcass and could not succeed in bringing them after the locals knew about the incident.
“Hunters hide three carcasses.
The department must look for one body again,” said a villager.
The Ministry of Forestry will conduct post-mortem on Friday.
Sariska Tiger Reserve (STR), where the first tiger translocation program was taken in 2008 on the command then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, once again proved to be an unsafe habitat for big cats.
Meanwhile, more than 12 Derek Demoiselle was found dead near Kojeri Nadi in Delasar Village in the Jaisalmer District Lathi area on Thursday.