Bantwal, 03 Jun 2017: A female leopard was found dead in a culvert at Punchame at the limits of Panjikallu gram panchayat, near here, on Thursday, June 1.
The locals reported the news to the forest department while forest officer Hanumantappa and personnel visited the spot.
Hanumantappa said, ‘It’s the corpse of 2 to 3 year old female leopard that has no wounds in its body and no symptoms of consuming poison. The autopsy will reveal the cause of its death,’ said Hanumantappa.
The locals suspect the leopard might have eaten the poison that was placed by hunters in the jungle.