SRI LANKA NEWS (JUNE 2020) Compiled by Victor Melder Two endangered leopards — including a rare black one — have been killed by snares in Sri Lanka in less than a week, sparking calls for authorities to crack down harder on the cruel traps. A third was found alive in a snare and released back to the wild after being tranquilised. In the latest case, the bloated carcass of a leopard was discovered Tuesday strangled by a wire snare on a cashew plantation on the edge of a forest reserve in Neluwa, some 145 kilometres (90 ...
Jun 30, 2020
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Tagged Karuna Amman, Pattini Devala Perahera, Ranjith Sisirakumara, Sanjaya Jayaratne, The Diyawadana Nilame, Yala National Park
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