Pune: 5 Leopard Cubs Die in Pune Farm Fire Aimed at Killing Snakes
The incident comes over a fortnight after a leopard was found dead in Yaroo forest of Thane district.
Pune, April 3: At least five leopard cubs died in a fire that was lit to kill snakes in a sugarcane farm in Awasari village of Junnair tehsil, Pune. The semi-decomposed bodies of the animals were recovered early morning by farm labourers. Forest officials who were called on the spot, sent the bodies to the laboratory for a report. The reason for their death was yet to be ascertained by the time this report was published.
"We had come here to cut the harvest. The owner told us to burn the trash on the field, we didn't know the cubs were there. A woman spotted them later and told us," a worker who first spotted the dead cubs told news agency ANI. Leopard Spotted Walking Near Residential Complex in Mumbai's Andheri Area; Watch Video
The incident comes over a fortnight after a leopard was found dead in Yaroo forest of Thane district. On March 16, the forest officials had found the carcass covered with maggots of a big cat. On observing the leopard's skin, teeth and nail, the deceased leopard was found to be a 3-year-old female.
Two days ago, a leopard created a scare in Mumbai's Andheri region, after it entered into a residential complex. The big cat was removed in a rescue operation which lasted for hours.
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