Black leopard trapped in snare rescued

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A black leopard trapped in a snare at Walamale in Lakshapna Estate, Nallathanniya was rescued by the wildlife official and taken to Nallathanniya Wildlife Office for treatment. Wildlife officials said the leopard aged eight years was about eight feet in length and four feet in height. They said the animal would be released to the Sri Pada Sanctuary after treatment. Pix by Ranjith Rajapaksha

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Adam Speak Wednesday, 27 May 2020 01:44 AM

Well Done. Hats Off to all Guys

sara Wednesday, 27 May 2020 04:30 AM

Thanks God, at least they protected this time

Kapila Senaratne Wednesday, 27 May 2020 04:37 AM

Wow! Well done rescuers.

Sajjitha bandaranayake Wednesday, 27 May 2020 08:35 AM

Welldone Wildlife.... hat's off for the great work done with limited resources and facilities.... its high time to start a project with plantation industry to protect this magnificent beast.... tomorrow may be too late....

RP Wednesday, 27 May 2020 08:57 AM

Great TEAM effort resulted in a Happy ending. Well done wildlife officials!

Lumbini Wednesday, 27 May 2020 09:38 AM

Really, Thanks to all those people who saved this animal.

what a beauty Wednesday, 27 May 2020 09:56 AM

Our Wildlife Department isn't praised nearly enough for their thankless job. Wish they get more support. Good job in rescuing this rare beauty. Fyi Panther is either a jaguar or leopard with a black coat (in this case a leopard as jaguars are native only to the Americas) Calling it a black panther is redundant. Black panther is the name of the marvel super hero and race movement of the late 20th century.

M.C. Jayawardena Wednesday, 27 May 2020 10:14 AM

Magnificent job by the rescuers. They look very proud of the job done and I am sure they deserve a reward. Pl. publish details of any Reward Fund so that we can encourage same enthusiasm in their future rescue efforts.

Minolika Wednesday, 27 May 2020 11:30 AM

Estate Tamils will not spare a single Lepord in upcountry. They hate the Lepords who roam Sri Pada mountain range.

Ashley de Vos Wednesday, 27 May 2020 05:35 PM

Such a beautiful specimen. We seem to be getting many examples from this area, Why? There should be huge jail terms for the killing of animals Elephants - 15 years Leopards - 10 years and so on. No political inference. If there is, it should be directed to the politician as well for encouraging this type of activity. The snare may have been set for another

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