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| Two more leopards killed in Kupwara, Kishtwar | | Man-animal conflict | | Javaid Naikoo/ Asif Iqbal Naik
Srinagar/Kishtwar, Jan 22 : In continued Man-Wild Life conflict two more leopards reportedly were killed in state i.e. one each in Srinagar and Jammu division. Pertinently five leopards were killed man- animal conflict last year in Srinagar only.
It seems the man-animal conflict is heating up and wild animals like leopards and bears are becoming target as losing their habitat the conflict has become common and wildlife authorities fail to save animals from human anger and the greed as well.
A leopard was beaten to death by villagers in north Kashmir's Kupwara area after this animal was allegedly has attacked half a dozen villagers of Dobi Mohalla- Gulgam of Kupwara District.
According to the police sources, the leopard injured four people in the area namely Salam Din Reshi son of Jamal Din, Bilal Ahmad Mir son of Abdul Ahad, Abdul Rashid Gojri son of Jamal Din and Farhat Ahmad Teli son of Hassan Teli residents of Gulgam Kupwara village .
Some locals of the area said this leopard in Kupwara was attacked by people from different areas adjacent to Gulgam and was brutally killed with axes and stones until it breathed last.
They said that police and wildlife officials reached the spot after it was killed by villagers and later wildlife employees took the dead body of this leopard killed with them.
According to the regional wildlife warden Kashmir, Manzoor Ahmad Tak, an FIR has been registered in this regard against the accused people. He said that five leopards were also killed by people last year following similar attacks by the wild animals but ironically only in one case in Kulgam an FIR was registered last year against the people accused of killing a leopard.
According to the wildlife experts, wild animals came down to human population areas during winters in Kashmir mostly after they felt a shortage of food items in jungles during this period, however they believe that due care of wildlife department can save these animals from the human greed if proper measures are taken in this regard.
Meanwhile our correspondent from Kishtwar added that a two and half year old Leopard (Male) was shot dead by some unidentified gunman in Thalela area of Doda District falling under jurisdiction of Wildlife Division Kishtwar.
According to Sajjad Zahir Range Officer Wildlife Department Kishtwar, they got the information about the killing of a Leopard late last night through police. He said that after receiving information from the Doda police, a team of wildlife officials from Kishtwar rush to the spot and shifted the body of the leopard to nearby police post. He said that on the bases of the factual report submitted by the
Wildlife Officials, they lodged a written complaint with Police Post Kharra and accordingly an FIR NO:9/2013 under section 8 of Wildlife Protection Act 1978 was registered by the police.
He said that after registration of an FIR under relevant sections of law, a team of Veterinary doctor conducted the postmortem of the dead leopard. He said that during preliminary investigation it came to the fore that the Leopard was killed by a gunshot. He however added that culprits after killing the leopard removed its nails and teeth's as well but failed to peel off its skin. He said that SP Doda Mohammad Arif Rishu has assured them through probe into the killing of leopard which has been declared as an endangered species of wildlife by the government of Jammu and Kashmir under its Wildlife Act.
Pertinently only a month ago two leopards including a cub were found dead by near Shalot Nallah in Prem Nagar, the area only few kilometers away from today's incident of killing. |
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