(IN): Leopard beaten to death in Guwahati

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Leopard beaten to death in Guwahati

A STAFF REPORTER

 

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*Guwahati, Aug. 28:* Lofty words and thoughts on animal rights took a

backseat as residents of Fatasil Ambari chose personal security over

benevolence when a leopard strayed into their neighbourhood and attacked two

persons.

 

A round of severe beating and the female leopard lay dead on the road in the

wee hours of Tuesday, giving Guwahati its first victim of human-animal

conflict.

 

Around 3am, the leopard came down from the nearby hills, perhaps in search

of food, and entered a house in the Segunbari area of Fatasil Ambari.

 

The sight of the leopard scared the residents, who picked up *lathis* and

ran after the animal.

 

" They armed themselves with lathis and then mercilessly killed the leopard,

a female aged between five to six years, " a forest official said.

 

Fatasil Ambari police have registered a case in this connection.

 

" The leopard had attacked two persons and the people retaliated by killing

the animal, " confirmed conservator of forests (central Assam circle) R.D.S.

Tanwar.

 

Forest authorities reached the area around 6.30am after being informed about

the incident.

 

The carcass was sent to the state zoo for post-mortem.

 

" This is a disturbing scenario and something needs to be done urgently or

else the situation will go out of hand, " a forest official said, adding that

destruction of forests was the primary reason behind the leopard's attacks.

 

Guwahati is perhaps the only city in the world with such a huge urban

wildlife concentration.

 

On February 3 this year, a leopard injured two persons at Bhaskarnagar in

the city. The leopard hid in a house when people spotted him.

 

Earlier this month, three leopard cubs, barely a month old, were beaten to

death by labourers of Moubandha tea estate under Pulibor police station in

Jorhat.

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