Sri Lanka, April 17 -- A leopard has died after being caught in a wire net near the vegetable garden in the Lindulla Mattakelke Estate, Talawakelle, according to the veterinary surgeon of the Randenigala Veterinary Division, Akalanga Pinidiya. The carcass of the leopard that died after being caught in a wire net that was set up to catch animals such as pigs was found on New Year's Day (14). It was a well-grown male leopard, said the veterinary surgeon.

The carcass of the leopard has been handed over to the Randenigala Veterinary Division for a post-mortem examination. Wildlife officials say that due to various programmes undertaken by the wildlife authorities to reduce leopard deaths, no leopard deaths were recorded from the Nuwara Eliya...