Sri Lanka, Nov. 30 -- Another leopard that was caught to a snare succumbed to injuries in Yatawatta, Matale on Saturday (Nov.28). This raises the total count to 12 leopard deaths for the year while 11 of them were due to snaring.
"The area doesn't come under the Wildlife Conservation Department and it falls between Kurunegala and Matale Districts," opined DWC Director General M.G.C. Sooriyabandara."dwc was informed a day later but our officers including the veterinary surgeon reached the location in around 20 minutes.
But by that time the animal has suffered severe damage to internal organs and succumbed to injuries.the snare was one used for pigs and wild boar. It has a pole and when an animal walks around with it, they get trapped betwe...