3-yr-old leopard killed in Bundi road mishap

Kota: A three-year-old female leopard was killed on the spot after an unidentified vehicle struck the big cat on NH–52 near Bundi tunnel, which is a part of buffer zone of Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve (RVTR) in Bundi, intervening night of Sunday and Monday. Leopards are protected animals under Wildlife Protection Act.
A young female leopard perished in the road accident during the intervening Sunday-Monday nights, confirmed deputy conservator of forest (DCF), RVTR, Arvind Kumar Jha. "The animal's right limb was completely fractured, there was bleeding from nasal cavity, and her lungs and liver were crushed indicating traumatic injury after a heavy vehicle struck her," said Dr Pankaj Gupta, one of the members of medical board that conducted post-mortem.
The carcass was disposed of according to protocol, he added. At least four leopards have been killed in road mishaps on the national highway including two on NH-148D in recent months and 10 in the past two years.
All fatalities have occurred due to absence of underpass and safety walls around the forest, said Prathvi Singh Rajawat, former honorary conservator of forest. TNN