5 Arrested in Kerala for Killing Leopard and Consuming its Meat
The accused will get a maximum punishment of seven-years imprisonment and a heavy penalty according to the Indian Wildlife Protection Act (1972).
| 23 Jan 2021 9:54 AM GMT
Five villagers from Kerala s Idukki, who caught, killed a six-year-old leopard and feasted on its meat were arrested by forest officials on Friday after a tip-off. Officials recovered cooked leopard meat, teeth, nails, skin and raw meat of the killed cat during the search.
The incident was reported in the Munipara area which falls under the Mankulam Range of the forest department in Idukki district.
Forest officials said this was the first instance of them witnessing such an incident. While the officers initial assessment was that the snare was put up to net wild boars and the leopard might have been trapped in the snare accidently. The accused, however, told officials that it was intentional- they set up the trap to catch the leopard. It