Do not meddle or change location of leopard cubs: Wildlife Dept

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The Wildlife Department has requested the public not to meddle with or change the locations of leopard cubs found in shrub jungles in the central hills.

A senior official of the Department said every leopardess going in search of food is in the habit of hiding their cubs under buses until they returned.

A Department official warned against any possible danger if the leopardess was frequenting close by and advised not to take closeup photos of cubs.

He requested the public to leave the cubs alone and move away without fondling them. The wildlife conservator said the leopardess would refuse to take away the cubs after human handling.

He requested the public to call the Department’s hotline 1992 or inform the nearest Wildlife Conservation office immediately if any cubs were found. (Shantha Chandrasiri)

Comments - 4

B Tuesday, 01 August 2023 02:20 PM

You cannot solve this problem looking at this way. Get help, humans and the leoprds are crossing the pathways . Due to the Leppords population increasing its spreading its territory. Need more wider understanding to sort this out.

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a Tuesday, 01 August 2023 02:33 PM

Move them to national parks where there are not much leppords like hortan plains ,Minneria ,knuckles and other areas

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M Perera Tuesday, 01 August 2023 03:19 PM

brainless morons! we do have idiots lile this. Leave wildlife alone

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Uncle Paradise Tuesday, 01 August 2023 08:14 PM

Leopards have no natural predators in sri lanka. Seeing a leopard used to be a rare occurrence at a place like yala. With the successful conservation efforts, their numbers seem to have grown. If not controlled, this could affect their pray and cause those numbers to go down.

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