India, March 26 -- The Madhya Pradesh forest department has asked the Mandsaur divisional forest officer (DFO) to give his explanation on the death of three leopards after they were translocated from the Gandhi Sagar Wildlife (GSW) Sanctuary.

Principal chief conservator of forest (APCCF) wildlife L Krishnamoorty has asked DFO Sanjay Raykhere to respond within seven days.

The notice was issued after a Chhattisgarh-based environment activist Nitin Singhvi wrote to the Union ministry of environment and forest and MP forest department, demanding that the shifting of leopards be shifted

HT reported on March 18 that three of the 17 leopards that shifted from Gandhi Sagar had died -- one at GSW east zone and two at Kheoni Wildlife Sanctuary i...