Killing of rare leopard being probed: official

MANSEHRA: The Wildlife Department officials have seized remains of an exotic species of common leopard shot and killed by labourers working on construction of motorway under CPEC initiatives in Kaim Galli area of Battal reserved forests.

“We have recovered remains of an endangered species of leopard from the camp of a company in Thakra area and begun an investigation under Biodiversity Act to confirm if it was killed in self-defence,” Khursheed Abbasi, the range officer, told reporters on Saturday. He said that labourers working on the motorway fired and killed a three-year-old female leopard and shifted its remains to their camp in Thakra stadium wherefrom a team of his department raided and seized it.