Another leopard ensnared in Nawalapitiya

A juvenile leopard, which was trapped in a snare in the Newlands section of Westhall estate in the Nawalapitiya Police Division, died yesterday.

Gampola Wildlife Officers said the belly of the leopard had been injured as it tried to break free from the snare.

Gampola and Nuwara Eliya wildlife officers went to the spot after receiving information that a leopard had been entrapped, but it was already dead when they arrived.

The leopard is about two years old. The postmortem is to be conducted by the Randenigala Veterinary Hospital.