Farmers attack, kill leopard with axes to save bullock

The leopard had attacked a bullock, said officials, after which farmers, in an effort to save the bullock, killed the leopard.

• By: PTI
• Nagpur | January 14, 2018 09:15 PM IST
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Two leopards were killed in separate incidents today, forest department officials said. Officials said that a leopard was killed after farmers attacked it with axes in Lohara village of Umred tehsil here on Sunday.

The leopard had attacked a bullock, said officials, after which farmers, in an effort to save the bullock, killed the leopard.

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“Two farmers who were injured by the leopard have been admitted to the Government Medical College Hospital. A case has been registered under the Wildlife Act, 1972 against the farmers who killed the leopard,” a forest department official informed.

In another incident, a leopard was killed around 10am today after being hit by an unidentified vehicle on National Highway number 6 near Sakoli in Bhandara.

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