10-month-old leopard dies

Gurugram: A 10 month-old-leopard cub died after it was hit by an unidentified vehicle on the Gurugram-Faridabad Expressway, a wildlife department officer said. The January 26 night accident left the big cat with severe head injuries. “A passer-by informed police about the accident at Pali area of Faridabad district.

The wildlife officer of Faridabad range rushed to the spot and recovered the carcass,” said Shyam Sundar Kaushik, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Gurugram range. “The post-mortem reveals multiple skull fractures and fractures on front legs,” Kaushik said. This was the second road accident on the Expressway where a leopard cub lost its life. Earlier, a seven-month-old leopard died in similar fashion on June 5, 2015. (IANS)

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