Man-eater leopard killed in south Kashmir

Srinagar, Mar 3 (UNI) A man-eater leopard was killed by hunters in south Kashmir district of Anantnag, official sources said.

They said a group of hunters alongwith wildlife and forest officials laid an ambush in the woods at Matigund in Anantnag district late last night.

As soon as the leopard arrived there, the hunters shot him dead before he could run towards the village.

This is the third such incident in which a leopard has been killed in Kashmir valley during the past five months.

About a dozen persons have also lost their lives in leopard attack in the valley during the same period.

UNI