SNOW LEOPARD WHICH KILLED 43 SHEEP, GOATS CAPTURED

SHIMLA: A snow leopard that’s believed to have reportedly killed more than 40 goats and sheep in the remote village of Gue, located 10,000 feet above sea level in Lahaul and Spiti district, has been captured by officials of the forest department’s wildlife wing and brought to Shimla.

After medical tests to check for injuries the animal was quarantined at the Himalayan Nature Park in Kufri. Special transportation arrangements were made to move it to the Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre, Shimla, due to the Covid-19 lockdown.

Gue, which is 500 km away from the state capital, is located between the towns Sumdo and Tabo and is famed for a Tibetan monk mummified there that’s believed to be 500 years old. The snow leopard had in four attacks on livestock corralled in the village in the last two weeks killed around 43 sheep and goats. According to the villagers, three days back a livestock owner had walked into a shed at his farm where cattle, horses and sheep were kept and saw the leopard trapped there and sheep carcasses lying on the floor. HTC