Abbottabad: The authorities here discovered on Wednesday that a villager in the Galiyat area of Abbottabad has poisoned a Leopard and secretly buried the animal without bringing the matter to the concerned authorities, local newspaper reported Thursday.
According to the report, the incident came in view when few villagers got the foul smell of the dead animal which led them to report the matter to police and officials of the wildlife department. The officials have ordered the investigation behind the killing.
According to locals, the leopard had been continuously attacking the cattle of the villagers in the Boji Kakul forest area that enraged anger in one of the villagers who decided to put the Leopard to rest.
According to Wildlife authorities, the leopard was poisoned with meat, which killed it about a week ago. The officials confirmed the killing of a local species of leopard and launched an investigation to find out the culprit since killing wildlife is a crime under existing laws.