India, Dec. 11 -- A female leopard that had terrorised villagers in Pauri Garhwal over the past week, killing a 45-year-old man and livestock, was shot dead late Wednesday night near Gajald village in the Satyakhal area of Uttarakhand.

Forest department officials said on Thursday that the big cat was eliminated during a coordinated operation involving department personnel and two specialist shooters after the leopard was linked to multiple attacks, including the killing of a villager earlier this week.

Pauri divisional forest officer (DFO) Abhimanyu Singh said the five-year-old female leopard was tracked using camera traps, pug marks and drone surveillance before being shot by sharpshooter Joy Hukil.

"Two forest department shooters wer...