The leopard was killed just before Pali Chowk on a busy road that is surrounded by the Mangar forest.
A 10-month old female sub-adult leopard was killed in a road accident on the Gurugram-Faridabad on Saturday night and the incident came to light on Tuesday after the wildlife department registered the case, local wildlife activists said. The leopard was killed just before Pali Chowk on a busy road that is surrounded by the Mangar forest. According to forest officials, another motorist commuting on the road noticed the leopard's body and informed the forest department.
A post-mortem confirmed that the wild cat had been run over by a heavy vehicle as some of its organs were crushed.
This is not the first time such an incident has happened on the same road. Two leopards were killed in 2015 and 2014 by speeding vehicles around the same spot while trying to cross the busy road connecting Gurugram and Faridabad. Activists have been demanding that a ecological passageway should be built on this road for leopards and other smaller wildlife to cross.
Local environment activist Sunil Harsana, who is also a resident of a village inside Mangar forest, said that the pugmarks of a leopard were spotted on the morning of January 26 and it is possible that those might be of the same leopard that was killed on the same night.
Activists also added that pleas to declare the forest on either side of the Gurugram-Faridabad road as a protected zone have fallen on deaf ears, exposing the leopards to threats posed by real estate and road projects. The Bandhwari to Damdama patch, including Mangar Bani, is spread across more than 5,000 hectares on a 30-km stretch. While this stretch is home to an estimated 30 leopards, the Gurugram forest circle has in the past confirmed through camera trap images the presence of at least five leopards in Gurugram.
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- The Bandhwari to Damdama patch, including Mangar Bani, is spread across more than 5,000 hectares on a 30-km stretch
- While this stretch is home to an estimated 30 leopards, the Gurugram forest circle has in the past confirmed the presence of at least five leopards
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