​Leopard which sets its teeth on 10 people in Kilinochchi ... killed by villagers

​Leopard which sets its teeth on 10 people in Kilinochchi ...

c by villagers

An incident is reported of a leopard which rushed into the village of Ambalakulam, Kilinochchi yesterday and set its teeth on 10 persons.

This leopard has in fact been on a hunting spree on goats and cattle in the village and as a result of agitation of the villagers the animal had been hiding in a land under cultivation and when Wildlife

  officers made an attempt anesthetise the leopard and capture it; even then the leopard has attacked, it was reported. After the victim was hospitalised, the enraged mob had launched an attack on the leopard in which instance it had bitten 9 persons in he process.

In the presence of this agitated situation the villagers had violently attacked the leopard with clubs and killed it. Though Wildlife officers were aware that the killed leopard was an endangered species, when the villagers attacked the animal concerned, they had not intervened, it was reported. The manner in which the leopard was brutally treated even after killing it has been captured on video as seen below