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A three-year-old pistillate leopard was killed successful a roadworthy mishap aft being tally implicit by an unidentified conveyance connected NICE Road successful the aboriginal hours of Sunday (March 15).
The incidental is said to person occurred astatine astir 1 a.m. portion the leopard tried to transverse the roadworthy connected the agelong betwixt Bannerghatta and the Kanakapura exit.
“A three-year-old pistillate leopard, portion crossing the road, was deed by an unidentified conveyance starring to its instant decease connected NICE Road. Forest Department officials visited the spot and removed the carcass. A wildlife offence study has been filed and an probe is on,” said Bengaluru South Division Assistant Conservator of Forests V. Ganesh.
Forest Department officials said that an autopsy is being conducted.
In the past, determination person been instances wherever leopards were killed successful roadworthy accidents connected NICE road. The forests and scrublands fringing Bengaluru harbour an estimated 80–85 chaotic leopards.
A camera-trap survey by Holématthi Nature Foundation (HNF) past twelvemonth spotted 54 leopards wrong Bannerghatta National Park and astir 30 of them roamed successful the reserved, deemed, and backstage forests scattered crossed the metropolitan periphery.
